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Strategy buys another 1,665 BTC, but this week's story is also in its MSTR shares

Strategy has added another 1,665 BTC to its treasury for $142.7 million. The familiar headline hides a more interesting capital flow. Between September 21 and September 27, the company sold 1,469,165 MSTR shares, used part of the resulting $246.2 million to buy bitcoin, then directed the remainder — supplemented with cash — toward repurchasing STRC preferred stock. Bitcoin is still accumulating, but it now shares the stage with the capital management required to support the financial structure Strategy has built around it.

By Adri
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Bitcoin falls toward $84,000 despite a $2.4 billion week for spot ETFs

US spot bitcoin ETFs took in roughly $2.4 billion net between September 21 and September 25. Three days later, bitcoin was trading around $84,000 after several consecutive declines. There is no contradiction. Positive ETF flow measures buying through one particular channel, not every order determining the global BTC price. With Treasury yields moving higher and the broader environment becoming less friendly to risk, the $2.4 billion figure is most useful as a demonstration of what ETF statistics cannot tell us on their own.

By Adri