Digital asset company Strategy bought 3,459 Bitcoin for $285.5 million, showing ongoing confidence in Bitcoin amidst the trade-related travails of the world’s markets.
Strategy’s average price on the 3,459 Bitcoin (BTC) is $82,618 per coin. Saylor noted in an X tweet that the latest purchase puts Strategy’s Bitcoin stash at 531,644 BTC, which was bought for $35.92 billion at an average price of $67,556 per coin, for an over 11.4% return since the beginning of 2025.
The $285 million purchase was Strategy’s first Bitcoin investment after March 31, when the company purchased $1.9 billion in Bitcoin. Figures from on-chain trackers reveal that the company has over $9.1 billion in unrealized profit, a 25% gain on its current Bitcoin holding as of 12:20 p.m. UTC.
Strategy’s latest accumulation is in the middle of a broader market pullback and declining interest in riskier assets. This decline has been attributed mostly to uncertainty in global trade policy following US President Donald Trump’s statement of a new round of tariffs.
Then, on April 9, Trump declared a 90-day halt to the heightened reciprocal tariffs, restoring the tariffs to the 10% baseline for most countries except China, now at 145%.
Uncertainty About Markets Remains
Despite ongoing uncertainty about the result of trade talks, Bitcoin recovered more than 10% in the last seven days to above $85,000 as of 1:10 p.m. UTC. Stella Zlatareva, an executive at digital asset investment platform Nexo, said the crypto markets opened the week with cautious strength, continuing a broad recovery from last Monday’s tariff-induced sell-off.
Also read:Despite the global macro environment, BTC’s price is above $84,000, indicating a strong bounce back. Some analysts, like Jamie Coutts, estimated that the increasing supply of money could drive BTC’s price to over $132,000 by the end of 2025 amid tariff-related uncertainty.
Looking forward to the next decade, Unchained director of market research Joe Burnett remarked that BTC is still on pace to exceed $1.8 million by 2035, which would make the coin eclipse gold’s $21 trillion market capitalization as the better savings instrument.
Latest BTC Purchase Makes Metaplanet 10th Largest Public BTC Holder
Meanwhile, Metaplanet Inc. has added 319 BTC to its treasury. The Japanese company purchased each coin at a price of $83,147. With a total BTC holding of 4,525 BTC and an average acquisition price of $90,194 (this most recent purchase cost $408.1 million).
Looking to use digital assets to improve shareholder value, Metaplanet launched its broader BTC treasury business plan in December 2024. This action is part of that strategy.
The company analyzes its performance using BTC yield, which indicates BTC holding growth compared to outstanding shares. Its BTC yield for Q1 2025 was 95.6%, with a YTD (year-to-date) number of 6.5% as of April 14.
Dynamic capital market activity—including bond offerings and buying back stock rights—allowed Metaplanet to raise significant money without reducing the value of its stock.
Market Liquidation Imbalance Hit 346% as Bitcoin Price Drops
Bitcoin crossed $86,000 on April 13 without any macroeconomic warning before falling below $84,000. Accompanying this unexpected drop was a notable liquidation imbalance: $52 million liquidated against $15 million in short positions, a difference of 346%.
This trend indicates a structural defect in the crypto derivatives market. The massive rise in liquidations is probably caused by too much leverage build-up on long positions; the fast price correction verifies the bullish trend’s weakness.
This unexpected imbalance, which happened in a climate of great confidence, serves as a reminder that crypto markets can occasionally be their drivers for volatility. Still, Bitcoin trading activity is strong.
On-chain data shows a 33.42% increase in the coin’s trading volume over the past 24 hours to $35.79 billion. The coin’s market cap is also up marginally by 0.53% to $1.67 trillion.
This coincides with the 1.39% drop in BTC’s futures open interest. In addition, BTC’s dominance remains strong at 63.6% after recording a 0.13% increase in the last day.
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