Bitcoin Pumps Higher After Strategy Sale News

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Rommie Analytics

Key Takeaways

  • BTC fell to $61,500 on the Strategy disclosure.
  • Price reversed to $63,792 within four hours.
  • $62.33M in shorts liquidated in four hours.
  • Shorts account for 83% of the 4-hour wipeout.

The Sell-the-News Reflex

The disclosure that Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million, its first sale under the Digital Credit Capital Framework, hit the market around 12:00 UTC on July 6. The hourly chart shows the reflex reaction: Bitcoin dropped from the $62,700 area through both the 50-hour and 100-hour moving averages to a low near $61,500, on the heaviest hourly volume of the past week.

A 1-hour candlestick technical chart for BTC/USD on Bitstamp, highlighting a significant sell event where Strategy Inc. sold 3,...                    </div>

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