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US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs lost about $6.35 billion over the last 30 trading days, the worst stretch since the products launched in January 2024, according to Galaxy Research data cited by Cointelegraph. The sustained redemptions reinforce how fragile institutional demand remains as Bitcoin trades under pressure from hotter inflation and ongoing geopolitical risk.

Strategy’s dividend-paying preferred stock, designed to stay near $100, sank below $83 after falling Bitcoin prices, a debt buyback, thinner cash buffers and competition from Strive’s rival SATA product all hit confidence at once. The stress matters for Bitcoin because Strategy uses STRC to raise capital for BTC purchases, and the disruption is already coinciding with much smaller weekly buys and a rare BTC sale to meet obligations.

A corporate pension fund serving around 1,200 small and medium-sized businesses in Japan plans to put roughly 1% of assets into a passive multi-crypto fund during fiscal 2026. The allocation is modest in size, but it is another sign that crypto is moving deeper into conservative institutional portfolios as Japan brings digital assets closer to traditional financial regulation.

The European Commission is now gathering feedback on a possible next phase of MiCA that would sharpen the rulebook for stablecoins, DeFi and tokenized assets. For Bitcoin markets, the shift matters because Europe is moving from first-wave licensing into second-generation crypto regulation that could shape custody, capital formation and product design across the bloc.