Crypto Hoarders Unload Tokens Amid Stumbling Share Prices
In a bid to shore up their sinking share prices, several companies are selling off their cryptocurrency holdings. This comes as the digital asset treasury market continues to unravel, with prices of cryptocurrencies plummeting by billions of dollars.
Michael Saylor's Strategy, the world's largest corporate bitcoin holder, has seen its shares tumble 50% over the past three months, dragging down other copycat companies that also invest heavily in cryptocurrency. The company now worth less than the bitcoin it holds, investors are worried about a business model that relies on rising crypto prices and massive share and debt issuance being unsustainable.
"These companies will go to zero," said Adam Morgan McCarthy, senior research analyst at Kaiko. "It's a vicious cycle. As soon as the prices start tanking, it's a race to the bottom."
To combat this, several firms are offloading their cryptocurrency holdings in an effort to fund share buybacks and prop up their stock prices. FG Nexus, a North Carolina-based ether holder, recently sold $41.5 million of its tokens to do so, while Florida-based life sciences company ETHZilla sold about $40 million worth of its tokens for the same purpose.
Sequans Communications, a French semiconductor company, also sold $100 million of its bitcoin this month in order to service its debt, highlighting how some companies are struggling to fund their cryptocurrency purchases.
This trend is attributed to the recent sell-off in speculative assets and cryptocurrencies. The rise in digital asset treasuries has been fueled by President Donald Trump's pledge last year to turn the US into a "bitcoin superpower," but this momentum has turned sour as investors become more cautious.
Strategy, meanwhile, has doubled down on its bitcoin purchases despite concerns about its business model being unsustainable. The firm's CEO, Michael Saylor, remains optimistic about the prospects of bitcoin and has expressed his confidence in the cryptocurrency's long-term potential.
"Volatility is Satoshi's gift to the faithful," Saylor said this week, referring to the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin.
As the market continues to navigate this shift, investors are left wondering how much further prices will fall. With 95% of digital asset treasuries expected to go to zero, it remains to be seen whether companies like Strategy can buck the trend and restore investor confidence in the cryptocurrency sector.
In a bid to shore up their sinking share prices, several companies are selling off their cryptocurrency holdings. This comes as the digital asset treasury market continues to unravel, with prices of cryptocurrencies plummeting by billions of dollars.
Michael Saylor's Strategy, the world's largest corporate bitcoin holder, has seen its shares tumble 50% over the past three months, dragging down other copycat companies that also invest heavily in cryptocurrency. The company now worth less than the bitcoin it holds, investors are worried about a business model that relies on rising crypto prices and massive share and debt issuance being unsustainable.
"These companies will go to zero," said Adam Morgan McCarthy, senior research analyst at Kaiko. "It's a vicious cycle. As soon as the prices start tanking, it's a race to the bottom."
To combat this, several firms are offloading their cryptocurrency holdings in an effort to fund share buybacks and prop up their stock prices. FG Nexus, a North Carolina-based ether holder, recently sold $41.5 million of its tokens to do so, while Florida-based life sciences company ETHZilla sold about $40 million worth of its tokens for the same purpose.
Sequans Communications, a French semiconductor company, also sold $100 million of its bitcoin this month in order to service its debt, highlighting how some companies are struggling to fund their cryptocurrency purchases.
This trend is attributed to the recent sell-off in speculative assets and cryptocurrencies. The rise in digital asset treasuries has been fueled by President Donald Trump's pledge last year to turn the US into a "bitcoin superpower," but this momentum has turned sour as investors become more cautious.
Strategy, meanwhile, has doubled down on its bitcoin purchases despite concerns about its business model being unsustainable. The firm's CEO, Michael Saylor, remains optimistic about the prospects of bitcoin and has expressed his confidence in the cryptocurrency's long-term potential.
"Volatility is Satoshi's gift to the faithful," Saylor said this week, referring to the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin.
As the market continues to navigate this shift, investors are left wondering how much further prices will fall. With 95% of digital asset treasuries expected to go to zero, it remains to be seen whether companies like Strategy can buck the trend and restore investor confidence in the cryptocurrency sector.