Bitcoin briefly rallied from $108,000 to $113,500 on the 4-hour chart but gave it back with an intraday whipsaw, underscoring fragile liquidity.
Spot ETF demand reappeared with BTC ETFs adding $477 million and ETH ETFs adding $142 million (Oct. 21), yet flows are meeting sustained LTH distribution.
Long-term holder supply has declined by ~28,000 BTC since October 15; 30-day SMA of LTH outflows rose to ~22.5k BTC/day, as continued distribution remains a supply headwind.
Expect range trading with elevated volatility; favor low leverage and staggered entries into support bands.
The two treasuries fund their accumulation in very different ways, and a filing shows Strive holding a stake in Strategy's own preferred stock, so the two are not just parallel bets on bitcoin. They hold each other's paper.
The deal puts a bank-issued stablecoin on a major exchange while giving that exchange's institutional clients access to round-the-clock dollar settlement.
