Bitcoin News Today centers on a fresh wallet move tied to Michael Saylor's Strategy. On-chain tracker Lookonchain reported that a wallet linked to the company transferred 299.84 BTC, worth about $18.91 million, on August 3, 2026.
Adding extra weight to the timing of the move, BTC price today sits at $62,550, a key support level following the recent ColdCard hack incident.
The destination address in Bitcoin news today carries a history tied to exchanges including Galaxy Digital, Binance, and Coinbase. That link raises the possibility of a sale, though a wallet transfer alone does not confirm one without a follow-up filing.
This is not the first time the pattern has shown up. Strategy sold 3,588 $BTC for roughly $216 million between July 1 and July 5, and a smaller 32 coins sale in late May marked the company's first meaningful sale since 2022.
Both moves trace back to the Digital Credit Capital Framework, adopted June 29. That plan includes a BTC Monetization Program allowing up to $1.25 billion in $BTC sales for three purposes:
Building or replenishing a USD cash reserve
Funding dividends and interest on preferred shares
Supporting buybacks of preferred or common stock
Microstrategy BTC holdings still stood near 843,775 $BTC as of early July, meaning even the July sale represented roughly 0.4% of total reserves.
Michael Saylor Bitcoin Comments Explain Strategy's Sale Plans For 2026
Saylor addressed the pattern directly after viral claims circulated about a $5 billion sale authorization. He clarified that the monetization program began June 29 as part of the broader capital framework, not in response to a quarterly loss, and that it permits sales without requiring them.
He also separated personal advice from corporate treasury management, noting that Strategy Bitcoin selling activity funds dividend obligations while the company still expects to remain a net buyer over time. Strategy has additionally raised USD reserves through share sales, including hundreds of millions in July, rather than depending only on Bitcoin-sales.
In a separate post, Saylor pointed to the 200-week moving average as a tracked metric on Strategy's site, noting Bitcoin has traded above that line 92% of the time historically, with price now sitting almost exactly on it.
BTC price today hovers around $62,550, down 0.84%. Current statistics from CoinMarketCap show a $1.25T market cap, alongside $17.73B in 24-hour volume, up 13.59%. Circulating supply sits at 20.06M $BTC against a 21M max supply, with treasury holdings across tracked entities at 1.34M $BTC.
Source: CoinMarketCap Official
A coordinated U.S.-Japan currency intervention strengthened the yen and triggered a rapid unwind of dollar-funded carry trades, a classic risk-off signal that pulled $BTC lower alongside broader markets.
Two crypto-specific factors added further weight. A suspected fourth wave of the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit, with losses now estimated above 1,800 $BTC, shook confidence. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $61.53 million in net outflows last week, ending a three-week inflow streak as per SoSoValue.
Bitcoin trades below its 7-day simple moving average of $63,000. Holding above $62,000 support could open a path back toward that average, while a break lower risks a test of $60,000.
The next BTC news update likely depends on whether Strategy files an 8-K confirming this latest transfer as a sale. Until that filing lands, this Bitcoin update stays a data point worth tracking rather than a confirmed shift in the company's long-standing accumulation strategy.
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