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Strategy Raises $2B, Skips BTC Buy, Builds New USD Cash Reserve
Strategy sold $2B in MSTR shares and left Bitcoin holdings flat, building a USD reserve instead, as bitcoin climbed 4.45% and most coins rallied.
The market day
Bitcoin pushed to $80,818.01, up 4.45% on the day, with ether adding 2.37%. Breadth was wide: 78 of the top 100 coins tracked traded higher against just 21 lower, so this was a broad risk-on session rather than a one-coin story.
The biggest headline came from Strategy, which raised $2 billion selling MSTR shares but left its Bitcoin stack unchanged for the week. It parked the proceeds into a new USD cash reserve, now at $5.1 billion, that it says could fund future BTC purchases, and also bought back $136.4 million of STRC shares.
Elsewhere, Coinbase launched tokenized US stocks on Base for non-US users, Strive added 1,110 BTC to become the seventh-largest corporate holder, and Pakistan opened a licensing portal with a September 5 deadline for crypto firms. Stacks led gainers at 23.18%, while Aave lagged with a 7.75% drop.
Named today: Stacks (STX) predictions · Aave (AAVE) predictions
The stories that matter
Strategy raises $2B, skips BTC buy, sets up new USD cash reserve
Strategy sold $2 billion of MSTR shares and left Bitcoin holdings unchanged for the week, instead building a $1.6 billion (raised to $5.1 billion) USD Cash reserve it says may be used for future BTC purchases. It also repurchased $136.4 million of STRC shares.
The prediction angle: A large company raising cash but holding off on a Bitcoin purchase suggests some near-term caution even amid a rally, worth watching if that reserve gets deployed later.
Sources: NewsBTC · Bloomberg · Bitcoin Magazine · Yahoo Finance · Decrypt · CoinGape · CoinDesk · The Block
Coinbase launches tokenized US stocks on Base for non-US users
Coinbase went live with tokenized stocks (Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Alphabet) on its Base network for non-US users, backed by custodian Alpaca and Chainlink price feeds, with about $4.5 million minted and $3 million of DEX liquidity on day one.
The prediction angle: Tokenized equities on Base widen the on-chain product set and could pull in new users, a slow-burn signal for anyone tracking longer-term adoption rather than daily price swings.
Sources: The Defiant · Decrypt · Cointelegraph · CoinDesk · PR Newswire
Pakistan sets Sept. 5 deadline for crypto firms to register or shut down
Pakistan's new virtual asset regulator PVARA opened a licensing portal requiring crypto firms serving Pakistani users to apply for a no-objection certificate and incorporate locally by September 5 or cease operations.
The prediction angle: A hard licensing deadline creates near-term uncertainty for firms serving that market, the kind of regulatory headline that can move sentiment for affected tokens or exchanges.
Sources: Decrypt · CoinDesk · Cointelegraph
Strive buys 1,110 BTC for $81.5M, becomes seventh-largest corporate holder
Strive purchased 1,110 Bitcoin for $81.5 million at an average price of $73,409 per BTC, lifting its total holdings to 21,356 BTC and sending ASST shares up over 11%.
The prediction angle: Another corporate buyer adding to its BTC stack reinforces the treasury-demand narrative that's been supporting bitcoin's price alongside today's broader rally.
Sources: Decrypt · Bitcoin Magazine · Cointelegraph · The Block · CoinGape · CryptoPotato
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Questions people are asking · August 25, 2026
What is bitcoin doing right now?
Bitcoin is at $80,818.01, up 4.45% on the day, with ether up 2.37% and most of the top 100 coins tracked also trading higher.
What happened with Strategy and its Bitcoin holdings?
Strategy raised $2 billion selling MSTR shares but kept its Bitcoin holdings flat for the week, instead building a $5.1 billion USD cash reserve it says may fund future BTC buys, and it also repurchased $136.4 million of STRC shares.
Why did AAVE drop today?
No clear cause for Aave's 7.75% decline was reported today; it was simply the day's biggest faller among the top 100 coins tracked.
Every figure above is computed from live market data and BitPredict's public, verifiable prediction records at generation time (Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:15 GMT). Nothing here is financial advice. Explore the free crypto calculators or browse predictions by coin.
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