Bitcoin
Affairs
 
No. 009  ·  4 Jun 2026
 
MARKET SNAPSHOT
BTC / USD
$64,233
  24H CHANGE
-3.6%
 
ALL-TIME HIGH
$124,749
  FROM ATH
-48.5%
NEWS
5 STORIES TODAY
Dallas Fed’s Logan says higher rates may still be needed this year
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said she is increasingly concerned that higher interest rates could be necessary later in 2026 to fully restore price stability. With unemployment steady near 4.3 percent and financial conditions still accommodative, her remarks reinforce a higher-for-longer backdrop for liquidity-sensitive assets including bitcoin.
Fed  Rates  Macro
US services activity accelerates while inflation gauges hit fresh cycle highs
ISM’s May Services PMI rose to 54.5, with business activity at 57.7 and new orders at 57.3, signaling continued economic expansion. More importantly for markets, the prices index climbed to 71.3, its highest reading since August 2022, underscoring renewed inflation pressure as oil-linked costs filter through services.
Macro  Rates
ADP reports broader May hiring, underscoring resilient US labor demand
ADP said private employers added 122,000 jobs in May, with eight of 10 supersectors posting gains and hiring spread across employers of all sizes. The report points to a still-resilient labor market ahead of Friday’s payrolls release, limiting the room for a dovish rate repricing that would typically help bitcoin.
Macro  Rates
US spot Bitcoin ETFs record another heavy day of net redemptions
Latest U.S. spot bitcoin ETF flow data show a June 3 net outflow of $396.6 million, led by BlackRock’s IBIT at negative $342.3 million and Fidelity’s FBTC at negative $54.3 million. Continued ETF redemptions matter because they directly weaken the largest institutional demand channel supporting spot bitcoin.
ETF  Macro
CleanSpark mines 671 bitcoin in May and reaches 50 EH/s
CleanSpark said it mined 671 bitcoin in May, lifted operational hashrate to 50.0 EH/s, and ended the month with 13,470 bitcoin on its balance sheet. The update shows large U.S. miners continuing to scale despite a weaker tape, while still using active treasury management through spot sales and options activity.
Mining
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Bitcoin Magazine
@BitcoinMagazine
 
JUST IN: $12.6 trillion Charles Schwab launches 24/7 Bitcoin futures trading 🚀 https://t.co/Yqsa1qbK1g
 
 
 
 
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Bitcoin Magazine
@BitcoinMagazine
 
JUST IN: Standard Chartered bank on Bitcoin dipping to $62k: "This was the buying zone we all wanted." 👀 "The low is almost in." 🐂 https://t.co/D8VbfJaEKK
 
 
 
 
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Coin Bureau
@coinbureau
 
🚨 MICHAEL SAYLOR'S STRATEGY: A Bitcoin crash can't force Saylor to sell. Running OUT OF CASH can. Strategy holds 843,706 BTC, 4% of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist, and NONE of it is pledged as collateral. So how does the machine BREAK? 1. The dividend drain. Strategy OWES about $1.7B a year in payments it can't skip. Its cash reserve has fallen to $871M. That's six months of runway. 2. The loop tightens. STRC trades at $94.65, under its $100 par. That trips Strategy's own rule: below $95, raise the dividend rate by 50bps or more. A higher rate means bigger payments, which drain the reserve faster. The fix makes the hole deeper. 3. The cash calls. Bondholders CAN demand $4.5B back, and they'll want cash, not stock. The notes convert at $183, $433 and $672. MSTR isn't close to any of them. $1B in Sept 2027. $2B in March 2028. $1.5B in June 2028. Trigger 1 ALREADY fired. They sold 32 BTC in late May to cover a dividend, the first sale in four years. A company with billions in reserve doesn't do that. A company down to $871M does. Trigger 2 is live right now. Trigger 3 is 15 months out. This was never a margin call risk. It's the cash they're LEGALLY on the hook for. Do you still believe in the Saylor method?
 
 
 
 
 
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Rifat Ahmed
@Rifat_EE
 
Bitcoin just broke below $70,000!! Rn its trading around $64K after a sharp move lower. It’s not a general “crypto winter” FUD,, It’s a big storm of institutional selling, leverage flush-outs, and macro fear hitting at the same time. The Real Reasons Behind This Bitcoin Dump :: --> Record Bitcoin ETF Outflows: US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen over $2.8 billion (some estimates $4.2B+) --> BlackRock’s IBIT has led the selling. Institutions that aggressively bought the 2025 rally are now de-risking hard. -->Strategy’s First BTC Sale in Nearly 4 Years: Michael Saylor’s Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin (~$2.5 million) between May 26–31 at an average of ~$77,135 per coin. [It was their first disclosed net sale since 2022 done to fund dividends on their high-yield preferred stock] --> Geopolitical Risk-Off Move: Increasing Middle East tensions (Iran/Israel/US dynamics) always pushes Crypto, the highest-beta risk asset, always feels this first and hardest. --> Capital Rotation into AI & Tech Narratives: Fresh equity raises and hype around AI/space plays (SpaceX IPO chatter, OpenAI rounds, etc.) are pulling money out of Bitcoin. How This Affects the Rest of Crypto? Bitcoin moves never stay isolated they create domino effects :: -->Altcoins get hit harder: Expect ETH, SOL, and especially smaller-cap and all other coins drops harly because of dominance game --> DeFi & Lending Protocols: TVL drops fast, liquidations spike across platforms, and liquidity thins out. -->NFTs & Memecoins: These feel the pain earliest because of liquidity flactuation into it, Always nft Floor prices collapse when some holder do panic sell price dips → margin calls → forced selling → deeper drop. This continues into Bitcoin and cryptocurrency world... Now What next?? .$BTC follows chart, but not always! It sometime becomes political currency, sometime it becomes global situation currency, sometime it becomes safe investment currency and sometime it becomes risky asset It depends on peoples perception.. The real question is if it can pump again? Or we are going into more deeper soon??
 
 
 
 
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Adam
@abetrade
 
the main issue with Bitcoin imo is that for last few years the marginal bid was etf flows and Saylor, both were price-insensitive and both are kind of gone now. etfs are in record outflows and $STRC is below par so saylor’s issuance engine is on vacation while he’s selling btc to fund the dividend so the bid that held price up regardless of valuation just disappeared. so when you remove a price-insensitive buyers that probably lost bit of apetite in Bitcoin ETFs after being sent three tax brackets lower on 10/10, price kinda has to has to fall until price-sensitive demand shows up. therefore for the actual bottom I would preferably like to see either another very traumatizing event (large OI flush, RV > IV as shared on screenshot, deep negative funding and so on) or new demand showing up at prices which are too attractive to skip. from the look at things, it feels like these violent delights will have violent ends.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Michael Saylor
@saylor
 
Capital markets are funding the AI buildout at historic scale: ~$400B over 6 months. Bitcoin ETFs have seen ~$4B of outflows since May 14, pressuring $BTC. This is a capital rotation, not a Bitcoin impairment. Volatility creates opportunity.
 
 
 
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