Bitcoin Falls to 2-Month Low After Strategy Sells BTC, ETFs Flip Negative for the Year

In brief Bitcoin has fallen to a mark it hasn't seen since early April, recently trading around $71,614. The top crypto has fallen more than 2.5% in the last 24 hours amid continued ETF outflows, which have now flipped negative for the year. Plus, Bitcoin's leading treasury firm Strategy flipped the script, dumping $2.5 million in BTC last week. The price of Bitcoin dipped to a nearly two-month low on Monday, dipping to a recent price of $71,479 amid growing ETF outflows and a sale from leading treasury firm Strategy. The top crypto asset is down 2.8% in the last 24 hours and has now fallen more than 7% in the last week of trading, bringing it to a level not seen since the first week of April, according to data from CoinGecko. The weekly slide has been catalyzed by massive ETF outflows, nearly $3 billion in total over its current 10-day outflow streak. The swell in losses has led to the exchange traded products hitting a negative flow mark year-to-date. In other words, assets under management for the Bitcoin ETFs have fallen in 2026 as investors seek to recoup cash or make other investments, rather than maintain exposure to BTC.  But it's not just ETF holders that parted ways with some BTC exposure in the last week. Strategy , the Bitcoin behemoth that holds more $60 billion worth of BTC, sold 32 Bitcoin for around $2.5 million at an average price of $77,135. The move comes less than a month after chairman and founder Michael Saylor said the firm would “probably sell some Bitcoin,” as it seeks to fund dividend payments for its preferred stock. According to its SEC filing about the $2.5 million sale , that’s exactly what it aims to do. Shares in the firm (MSTR) have shed more than 6% since the opening bell as the market reckons with the firm’s decision. Analysts previously told Decrypt that the sale of “even a fraction” of Strategy’s holdings could impact perception and diminish conviction in BTC. Around $155 million worth of liquidations have stacked up against Bitcoin positions in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinGlass —about 94% of which were liquidations on long positions, or those betting on the price of Bitcoin to go up. BTC is now down around 8% in the last month of trading and is 43% off its all-time high of $126,080. Daily Debrief Newsletter Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more. Your Email Get it! Get it!