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Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy Buys Barely Move BTC Markets

Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy Buys Barely Move BTC Markets

Michael Saylor states MicroStrategy bought $200M BTC hourly with no price lift, dwarfed by $20B daily volume, as BTC trades at $78158.87 on 4h chart.

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Michael Saylor clarified that MicroStrategy purchases of $200M per hour in BTC fail to lift prices, noting four straight hours of buying followed by an immediate uptick once flows paused, underscoring how the firm's activity registers as a minor blip against $20B daily volume.

Traders routinely overstate Strategy impact on BTC price action and broader crypto market crash narratives, yet the market simply moves on its own rhythm regardless of accumulation pace.

With price testing upper Bollinger resistance at $81875.02 while RSI sits neutral at 36.31 and MACD prints a bearish death cross at -647.47, a healthy retracement toward the EMA50 support at $79683.93 appears probable before any continuation attempt, especially as price remains inside the bands above the EMA200 floor at $77352.29.


Michaël van de Poppe

@CryptoMichNL

Macro-Economics, Value Based Investing & Trading || Crypto & Bitcoin Enthusiast