MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Houdini Act: 411.5 BTC Vanishes in 5 Hours!

MicroStrategy, the corporate Bitcoin titan, pulled a classic magician’s trick: three‑hundred‑eleven‑point‑five BTC vanished from Coinbase Prime after a brief stow‑away spell. The swift retreat quiets the frantic whispers that Michael Saylor’s crew was preparing its first B‑coin bonanza in years.

Meanwhile, Tom Lee’s BitMine Immersion Technologies tossed a hefty splash of reality into the ether market, buying 25,000 Ethereum for $50.6 million on the same clock. The maneuver keeps the firm’s “Baron of Bubbles” moniker alive in a market that loves a good one‑big‑grab story.

MicroStrategy Reverses Brief Coinbase Prime Deposit

Cold‑chain sleuths signalled that MicroStrategy’s original move was its first direct link to an exchange in close to two years. The 411.5‑BTC package split neatly into two legs of about 205 BTC each, with some side‑car wallets dancing in the background.

The hero, Michael Saylor, had already hinted this week that the firm might shed some bitcoins before year‑end to feed dividends and capital needs – a suggestion that sent prediction‑market traders into a mild frenzy even before the Coinbase incident.

The dip in pulse released us from the near‑certain future of a 2026 sale, which previously had odds above 90%, but the market remains a tad jittery.

“Did Michael Saylor’s Strategy cancel its BTC sale? Strategy withdrew 411.5 BTC ($30.2M) back from Coinbase Prime 5 hours ago,” Lookonchain posed.

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Bitcoin sits at roughly $73,532, a figure that refuses to bite the wider dust of cryptocurrency shortages. Behind the curtain, MicroStrategy still hoards 843,738 BTC, valued at a majestic $62 billion. Since May 18, the firm has kept its purse closed, making this pause the longest “stop‑and‑think” in its weekly accumulation schedule-a sign that corporate bitcoin demand has gone into mild hibernation.

BitMine Doubles Down on Ethereum Amid Price Weakness

BitMine swooped into the dip beneath $2,100 and lifted its aggressive ETH acquisition to approximately 5.39 million, which accounts for roughly 4.47% of the entire supply. That’s only a hair shy of Tom Lee’s lofty “buy 5% of supply by year end” target.

“Tom Lee’s Bitmine bought another 25,000 ETH ($50.56M) 6 hours ago,” Lookonchain noted.

Through its Made in America Validator network, the firm stakes over 4.7 million ETH, earning a glittering annual yield of about $276 million. Ether hovers near $2,011, having slipped 10% over the last month.

Lee treats the softening price as an opening for opportunistic purchasing, citing the march of tokenisation and the brief gaping hole that AI computing opens in the ecosystem.

Despite the optimistic outlook, a few hardened old‑hand wallets are still losing their temper. One has liquidated 55,000 ETH ($112 million) and 9,442 wstETH ($24 million) in the last week, averaging a price of $2,041 per ETH.

“Ethereum OG is dumping ETH! Over the past week, an Ethereum OG sold 55,000 ETH ($112.25M) and 9,442 wstETH ($24M) at an average price of $2,041 per ETH,” the on‑chain analytics account highlighted.

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2026-05-30 10:30