Bitcoin fell below $67,000, hitting a two-week low as global tensions, higher U.S. bond yields, and a $14.16 billion BTC options expiry unsettled markets.
GameStop put its $368 million bitcoin holdings to work in an income strategy after moving nearly all of its bitcoin to Coinbase Prime in January, easing earlier market talk that it was preparing to sell.
Strategy’s dividend-paying shares recovered in 9 days after a payout, faster than usual, reopening a path for the company to raise more money for bitcoin purchases.
Strategy Inc., which holds 762,000 BTC, created a new security leadership role and global program to better protect its bitcoin reserves, showing stronger institutional focus on Bitcoin security.
CoinShares filed for three new Bitcoin ETFs tied to BTC price swings, with trading eyed for early June 2026. Separately, bitcoin rose above $72,000 on March 25 as markets reacted to reports of a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal.
Irish police, working with Europol, gained access to 500 BTC worth about $34 million from Bitcoin wallets seized in a 2019 drug case, marking the first of 12 wallets opened in a wider $418 million investigation.
Strategy plans to raise another $44.1 billion to speed up its Bitcoin buying. The company says it has already added 90,000 BTC to its holdings this year, funded in part through preferred stock sales.
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $68,000 over the weekend, triggering nearly $400 million in forced crypto sell-offs as traders were caught by the sudden drop.
