The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has joined forces with Integra Ledger and a coalition of major technology and crypto stakeholders to launch the Legal Context Protocol (LCP), an open standard aimed at bringing clearer legal terms to “agentic” AI transactions.

Announced Wednesday by the AAA, the initiative focuses on a gap that becomes more visible as AI systems increasingly negotiate, consent, and transact on behalf of people and organizations: unlike human-to-human or traditional e-commerce flows, agent-to-agent interactions do not automatically carry the same legal context about what was agreed, under what governing rules, and how disputes should be handled.

Key takeaways

• The Legal Context Protocol (LCP) is designed to make the legal “wrapper” of agentic AI transactions discoverable and verifiable, including consent and dispute resolution terms.
• AAA and Integra Ledger position LCP as a non-blockchain legal layer that complements existing payment and identity protocols.
• LCP targets a core operational question for agentic commerce: what terms applied, which law governs, and what recourse exists if something goes wrong.
• The protocol is backed by a wide founder cohort spanning large tech and crypto organizations, including Google, IBM, Circle, and multiple blockchain ecosystems.

Why a “legal layer” is becoming part of agentic commerce

AAA described LCP as a response to the mismatch between the legal infrastructure that shaped modern online commerce and the realities of agent-driven interactions. In remarks referenced by the announcement, Bridget McCormack, AAA’s president and CEO, said the legal mechanisms familiar to consumers—such as click-through consent and terms of service—do not translate cleanly to scenarios where AI agents negotiate with other agents.

That matters because agentic AI is moving from prototypes to enterprise and financial applications where automated systems may transact with minimal human involvement. The protocol’s goal is to help ensure that when agents transact, the relevant legal context can be attached to the activity in a way that can be checked later.

Gartner’s research, as cited in the announcement, projects that an “agentic payment economy” could reach $15 trillion in spending by 2028—an indicator of how quickly transactional automation could scale beyond conventional consumer web flows.

How LCP is meant to work alongside existing infrastructure

According to AAA, LCP does not require a blockchain. Instead, it is designed to work with the broader stack of protocols already being built for AI agent payments and identity.

AAA specifically framed LCP as complementary to payment and identity approaches—such as x402 and Machine Payments Protocol—while addressing a different question set. Rather than focusing on how value moves or how agents are authenticated, LCP is intended to cover under what terms and governance a transaction took place, and what dispute-resolution pathway applies.

David Fisher, CEO of Integra Ledger and a co-founding partner in the project, summarized the motivation by contrasting active development of payment infrastructure with an underbuilt legal layer. In his view, as the infrastructure for agent payments advances, the mechanisms that clarify what was agreed and what happens in an adverse scenario have not kept pace.

Hedera co-founder Mance Harmon echoed the same urgency, saying that as AI agents make decisions and transact on someone’s behalf, there must be a clear answer to what occurs when something goes wrong.

Dispute resolution and consent become technical requirements

A recurring challenge in automated contracting is that legal recourse is not simply a matter of jurisdiction; it also depends on what was actually communicated, agreed to, and recorded at the moment a transaction was initiated. LCP’s emphasis on making legal terms, consent, and dispute resolution “discoverable and verifiable” suggests the protocol is meant to translate those legal concepts into something more reliably legible in automated systems.

This direction also reflects a broader pattern in crypto and decentralized systems: as automation increases, the industry tends to formalize previously human-heavy processes (identity, permissions, access controls, and settlement rules) into verifiable primitives. In this case, LCP aims to bring a comparable level of structure to the legal side of agentic transactions.

For investors, traders, and builders watching agentic AI adoption, the timing is notable. Market forecasts cited in the announcement point to rapid growth expectations for agentic applications, including payments and token-linked activity. While those projections vary significantly, they reinforce a practical takeaway: standards that clarify terms and remedies can become increasingly important as more transactions shift from manual authorization to autonomous execution.

Who is backing the standard

The AAA, founded in 1926 and described as the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution services in the world, is partnering with Integra Ledger, a company working on open protocols and middleware intended to give AI agents verifiable identity.

Founding contributors named in the announcement span both mainstream and crypto sectors, including Google, IBM, Circle, Wayfair, the Stellar Development Foundation, Ava Labs, Cardano, Hedera, Crossmint, the Aptos Foundation, Sei Labs, and Mysten Labs—the original contributor to Sui.

That breadth suggests LCP is being positioned to work across multiple ecosystems rather than remaining confined to a single chain or commercial platform. It also signals that legal-context infrastructure is increasingly treated as part of the interoperability conversation around agentic AI.

As LCP moves forward, the key question for the market will be how quickly “legal context” can be integrated into real agentic payment and contracting workflows—and whether deployment will prioritize proof of consent, clarity of governing law, or standardized dispute-resolution hooks first.

Crypto exchanges Blockchain.com and KuCoin rolled out new payment services on Wednesday that connect digital assets with local financial infrastructure in several emerging markets.

Blockchain.com said it launched a Brazil-focused payments platform for institutional clients that uses USDC (USDC) and USDt (USDT) to support cross-border treasury operations, supplier payments and payroll. The company said the service is designed to give businesses a faster and lower-cost alternative to traditional international wire transfers.

KuCoin, meanwhile, expanded its payment network across Mexico, Bangladesh and Zambia, adding support for Mexico’s SPEI banking system, Bangladesh’s bKash and Nagad mobile payment platforms, and mobile-money networks operated by MTN and Airtel in Zambia.

KuCoin said the integrations are intended to make it easier for users to move digital assets through payment systems already widely used for remittances, merchant transactions and peer-to-peer transfers. Unlike Blockchain.com’s Brazil offering, which targets businesses managing treasury and international payment flows, KuCoin’s rollout is focused on consumer-facing payment networks.

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Stablecoins power cross-border commerce in emerging markets

In a recent report, Latin American exchange Bitso said stablecoin transaction volume among institutional clients grew 81% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, driven by growing use of blockchain-based settlement, treasury management and cross-border liquidity services.

The report also found that financial institutions accounted for more than 60% of new business clients added during the period, suggesting banks and payment providers are increasingly incorporating stablecoin rails into existing financial operations.

Bitso’s “Stablecoin Landscape in Latin America report for the first half of 2026.” Source: Bitso

The trend extends beyond Latin America. In a September 2025 report on crypto adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa, Chainalysis said stablecoins are frequently used in high-value trade flows between Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including multi-million-dollar transfers supporting sectors such as energy and merchant payments.

Companies are investing in infrastructure to support that growth. Last week, Trace Finance raised $32 million to expand its cross-border settlement network across Latin America, the United States and Asia-Pacific. The company said it had processed more than $10 billion in transaction volume and would use the funding to expand infrastructure connecting blockchain-based payments with local banking and foreign-exchange networks.

Despite growing adoption, regulatory questions remain. In May, Brazil’s central bank prohibited the use of virtual assets in certain regulated cross-border payment services, reinforcing requirements that Electronic Foreign Exchange providers settle transactions through supervised foreign-exchange channels.

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The American Arbitration Association and a broad coalition of tech, crypto, and enterprise companies have launched the Legal Context Protocol, an open standard designed to add a legal layer to agentic AI transactions.

The not-for-profit American Arbitration Association (AAA) announced LCP with Integra Ledger on Wednesday, aimed at addressing legal issues that could arise during agent-to-agent transactions.

“The legal infrastructure that has supported e-commerce over the last 20 years… like click-throughs and terms of service — none of that translates… when agents are negotiating with other agents,” said Bridget McCormack, the president and CEO of AAA, when talking about the protocol during a podcast in May. “There had to be some understanding about how legal context attaches to agentic transactions.”

The new protocol comes as enterprise and financial institutions are looking at ways to use agentic AI in commerce. Gartner projects the agentic payment economy will reach $15 trillion in spending by 2028.

The LCP aims to make legal terms, consent, and dispute resolution “discoverable and verifiable” when AI agents transact on behalf of people and organizations, the AAA explained. 

LCP, which doesn’t require a blockchain, complements existing payment and identity protocols, such as x402 and Machine Payments Protocol, by answering under what terms, governed by what law, and with what recourse a transaction occurred.

“Payment infrastructure is actively being built for AI agents. The legal layer — what was agreed, under what terms, and how disputes will be resolved — is not,” said David Fisher, CEO of Integra Ledger, a co-founding partner in the project.

As AI agents start making decisions and transacting on our behalf, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,” said Mance Harmon, co-founder of Hedera. 

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The AAA, founded in 1926, is the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution services in the world. It has partnered with Integra Ledger, a firm providing open protocols and middleware that give AI agents verifiable identity.  

Founding contributors to the protocol include tech and crypto firms, including Google, IBM, Circle, Wayfair, the Stellar Development Foundation, Ava Labs, Cardano, Hedera, Crossmint, the Aptos Foundation, Sei Labs and Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui.

Huge predictions for agentic AI market growth

Agentic AI payments have been a big narrative in 2026, with varying predictions on how fast and how much it will grow in the near future.

In March, Digital Applied estimated the agentic AI market will grow by more than 30 times over the decade, from $7.6 billion today to $236 billion by 2034. McKinsey research’s global projections push those estimates as high as $5 trillion by 2030.

Agentic AI is expected to drive a “24-fold increase in token consumption by 2030” as consumers and enterprises adopt the technology, predicted Goldman Sachs researchers in May.

Estimated monthly token count for agentic AI applications. Source: Goldman Sachs

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A group of Democratic US House lawmakers is questioning the US securities regulator over how it is overseeing investment advice and trading powered by artificial intelligence.

In a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins dated Tuesday, the lawmakers said that platforms offering AI trading agents to retail traders “raises serious questions for investor protection, broker-dealer responsibilities, market integrity, and the accountability of AI developers.”

“While such trading may initially be limited in scope, there are indications that agentic trading could expand to a broad range of additional products, including options, cryptocurrency, event contracts, and futures,” the lawmakers wrote.

AI agents have grown in popularity among crypto users as traders look to gain an edge in the always-on market, an idea that has spread to retail traders of traditional equities as they seek help with strategies.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is one of the latest major platforms to introduce such a tool, releasing an AI agent earlier this month integrated into its app, which it said is a Securities and Exchange Commission- and Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered financial adviser that can give guidance on trades.

The letter, led by Bill Foster, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Financial Institutions Subcommittee, and Brad Sherman, the top Democrat on the Capital Markets Subcommittee, said the agents have “operated largely outside the securities regulatory framework,” even as they are making “consequential investment decisions on behalf of retail investors.”

Representative Bill Foster speaking at a hearing in early June. Source: YouTube

The lawmakers said the disclosures accompanying AI agents say that brokerage platforms can’t guarantee the accuracy or suitability of any AI output or control, monitor or audit the agents.

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Such disclaimers “raise urgent questions about the regulatory treatment of agentic trading tools and create uncertainty regarding legal responsibility among brokers, AI developers and retail investors.”

The letter asked the SEC to provide written responses to a list of questions by July 31, including what guardrails or analysis the agency has on agents, when an AI agent would need to register and the extent of its consultations with platforms over AI.

It also asked if the SEC has the authority it needs to address the risks of AI agents, or if it needs congressional action to address them.

Representatives Stephen Lynch, Jim Himes, Sean Casten, Rashida Tlaib, Brittany Pettersen and Sylvia Garcia also signed the letter.

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Strategy’s preferred shares have slipped further below par as the company’s cash buffers shrink and its dividend obligations rise, adding pressure to the mechanisms investors watch most closely in the publicly listed Bitcoin treasury model.

According to CryptoQuant, Strategy led by Michael Saylor should pause new Bitcoin purchases and rebuild cash reserves after dividend coverage fell to roughly 14 months from seven years. In parallel, Strategy’s STRC preferred stock traded around $82.50—about 17.5% under its $100 par value—reflecting how quickly funding headroom can deteriorate when Bitcoin and cash availability move against the same cycle.

Key takeaways

• CryptoQuant links STRC’s move below par to a Bitcoin-led correction alongside the “simultaneous depletion” of Strategy’s USD cash reserve.
• Dividend coverage is the central stress indicator: CryptoQuant says it has fallen to about 14 months from seven years as cash reserves decline.
• STRC trading below par constrains fundraising: CryptoQuant notes that sub-$100 pricing can limit Strategy’s ability to raise capital through STRC sales.
• Reaching $100 appears conditional on cash rebuilds: CryptoQuant says returning to full value is not straightforward and requires rebuilding reserves toward roughly $2.8 billion (about 24 months of coverage).
• Strategy has signaled it intends to “continue replenishing” reserves to support the credit quality of its Digital Credit securities, according to a company post on X.

Cash coverage and dividend pressure take center stage

CryptoQuant’s report argues that Strategy’s dividend coverage deterioration is not merely a market volatility issue—it’s a funding-structure problem that affects how the firm can sustain its preferred-share financing engine.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said in an X post on Wednesday that Strategy should “pause Bitcoin purchases, rebuild cash reserves, and adopt a systematic framework for purchase timing.” He also urged the largest public Bitcoin treasury holder to implement a “disciplined selling framework” for the next bull market.

The investment thesis risk, from CryptoQuant’s perspective, is that Strategy’s cash reserve has been drawn down while dividend requirements have risen. The report points to a near quadrupling of dividend obligations to about $1.2 billion, tied to the issuance of additional STRC preferred stock with an 11.5% yield.

How reserve depletion connects to STRC pricing

STRC is one of Strategy’s main mechanisms for generating funding to support Bitcoin accumulation. When STRC trades below its $100 par value, it can limit Strategy’s ability to raise funds efficiently through additional sales, while also potentially encouraging investors to demand higher compensation to offset expected cash-flow risk.

CryptoQuant attributed STRC’s last-week move to approximately $82.50 to two overlapping factors: a broader Bitcoin bear-market correction and the depletion of Strategy’s cash reserve. CryptoQuant also suggested that the combination could force Strategy to adjust its approach—potentially including increasing the nominal dividend rate—to attract buyers and protect STRC’s market price.

Strategy’s own messaging indicates it is focused on replenishing the USD reserve. In a Monday X post, the company said it plans to “continue replenishing” its USD reserve to support the credit quality of its Digital Credit securities.

Cointelegraph reported on May 26 that Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion of its 2029 senior notes at a discount. Since then, the company’s cash position has reportedly improved after it sold $335.5 million in MSTR shares, adding $300 million to its US dollar reserve. Even with that recovery, the reserve remains near a record-low level of about 14 months of funds available to pay dividends, leaving less margin for error if market conditions remain unfavorable.

CryptoQuant says Strategy isn’t forced to sell Bitcoin—yet the pathway back is harder

CryptoQuant argues that Strategy is not “obligated” to sell Bitcoin to defend STRC’s price. Instead, it highlights that the firm can use other tools, including raising the current 11.5% dividend yield or issuing MSTR shares as a signal that it can continue paying dividends.

Still, CryptoQuant cautioned that “the path back to $100 is not straightforward.” In its assessment, rebuilding Strategy’s cash reserve to roughly $2.8 billion—equivalent to about 24 months of coverage—appears to be a necessary condition for STRC to recover.

CryptoQuant also framed Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings as only a “limited emergency cushion” for this purpose. It noted that Strategy is carrying about $10.6 billion in unrealized losses, meaning any forced Bitcoin sale at current levels would crystallize those losses and, in CryptoQuant’s view, potentially damage shareholder value.

“However, the path back to $100 is not straightforward.[…] Rebuilding the cash reserve to ~$2.8 billion (24 months of coverage) is a necessary condition for STRC to recover.”

What traders are watching: STRC and MSTR moving together

In the market, STRC’s slide has continued into the most recent sessions. Ahead of Wednesday’s Nasdaq open, STRC shares were little changed after closing at $87.31 on Tuesday, extending the preferred stock’s decline of about 12% over the past month, based on Yahoo Finance data.

Strategy’s common stock, MSTR, has also shown signs of increased caution. Yahoo Finance data indicates that MSTR traded below $100 in pre-market trading on Wednesday for the first time since March 1, 2024, when it fell as low as $99.20.

CryptoQuant head of research Julio Moreno linked the preferred-stock weakness to a “deterioration in Strategy’s fundamentals,” citing the decline in dividend cash coverage driven by cash depletion and the fourfold increase in STRC’s annualized dividend obligations so far in 2026.

While Strategy’s preferred and common stocks respond to broader sentiment about Bitcoin, CryptoQuant’s emphasis on cash coverage and dividend obligations highlights a more specific risk channel: how capital structure and liquidity timing interact with market drawdowns.

For investors, the next signal to watch is whether Strategy can execute its stated plan to “continue replenishing” USD reserves enough to restore dividend coverage toward the levels CryptoQuant considers necessary—while also seeing whether STRC’s discount to par narrows as cash availability stabilizes.

Blockchain project MemeCore’s M token collapsed about 74% over 24 hours, sliding from a high near $2.92 to as low as $0.51 before steadying around $0.74, with no exploit, hack or announcement to account for the drop.

The fall erased close to $3 billion in market value. M’s market capitalization dropped below $1 billion, to about $969 million, from roughly $3.8 billion before the slide, per CoinDesk data.

Trading was thin relative to the size of the move, with only about $21 million changing hands over the day.

No confirmed catalyst has emerged. But M is a token that widely-known onchain investigator ZachXBT publicly questioned months ago.

In an April post, he asked why the exchange Kraken had listed M for spot trading in July 2025 and how it cleared the exchange’s due diligence, alleging that insiders had “manipulated the price” to a $6 billion market capitalization and an $18 billion fully diluted valuation. The latter is the value the token would carry if every coin that will ever exist were already circulating.

Bitcoin dropped to $59,175 overnight, its lowest point since early June, before recovering to about $61,500 by Thursday morning, per CoinDesk data. Nearly $1 billion worth of futures positions were liquidated across crypto majors, such as bitcoin, ether, solana, and others, to tokenized versions of stocks, such as Micron Technology Inc (MU) and Sandisk (SNDK).

The dip triggered roughly $430 million in long liquidations on bitcoin-tracked futures, or bets on higher prices that were automatically closed as the price fell.

No single catalyst drove the move. Bitcoin has lost about 10% since Monday’s peak near $65,500, pulled lower by the same forces that have dominated all week: a hawkish Fed, six straight weeks of ETF outflows, thinning summer liquidity, and a quarter-end options expiry on June 30 that traders say is keeping the market unstable.

Major market-maker Wintermute had flagged $59,000 as the bear-market low to watch in its Tuesday’s note.

The bounce came from outside crypto. Micron Technology reported quarterly earnings after the close that shattered analyst estimates, sending its shares sharply higher and lifting the broader memory chip complex.

SK Hynix separately disclosed plans for a U.S. stock listing seeking roughly $29 billion, one of the largest offerings ever. Samsung and Kioxia rallied in Asia Thursday morning.

The same AI chip trade that sent the Kospi down 10% on Monday on fears the spending boom was stalling is now the thing steadying crypto, with Micron’s results reading as confirmation that demand for AI memory is structural, not speculative.

The quarter-end remains the week’s live risk. Bitcoin’s $59,000 low held, but $1.6 billion in leveraged long positions sit clustered below $58,000, per CoinGlass, meaning a break there would accelerate the drop.

Thursday’s PCE inflation print, the Fed’s preferred price gauge, is the next data point that could move the market in either direction.

Coinbase has established Luxembourg as its European crypto hub under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, one year after securing a license from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. 

The company used its latest office opening to confirm Luxembourg as its MiCA home for all 27 EU member states. The setup allows Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. to offer crypto-asset services across the EEA through passporting.

“Luxembourg is officially our MiCA home,” Coinbase said on X. 

The exchange said it plans to welcome users from across the EU under one licensing base. It has also pointed to Luxembourg’s financial sector, blockchain laws, and clear oversight as reasons for the move.

MiCA passport widens market access

Coinbase secured its MiCA license from the CSSF in June 2025. As crypto.news reported, the license lets the exchange expand services to customers across all 27 EU member states. Coinbase had earlier built local license coverage in Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Under MiCA, crypto firms can use one national authorization to serve users across the bloc after completing required notifications. That setup gives large firms a clearer path than separate local approvals. It also places more pressure on exchanges that still lack approval before the July 1 transition deadline.

Ripple adds Luxembourg momentum

The Coinbase update came after Ripple received preliminary CASP approval from Luxembourg’s CSSF. As crypto.news reported, the approval came through a “Green Light Letter” and remains subject to final conditions. Ripple said the license would support regulated cryptoasset and stablecoin payment services for banks, fintechs, and businesses across the EEA.

Ripple’s move gives Luxembourg another major U.S.-linked crypto firm seeking access through its regulator. The firm also holds an EMI license in Europe and has framed its CASP plan as part of its payments and RLUSD stablecoin strategy. The timing places Luxembourg at the center of regulated crypto payments, tokenization, and exchange services.

Europe deadline raises pressure

The broader market faces a tighter MiCA clock. As crypto.news reported, OpenPayd secured MiCA authorization days before the July 1 deadline, covering stablecoin conversions, custody, wallet infrastructure, and transfers. France has also warned unlicensed crypto firms to secure approval or wind down.

Binance faces more uncertainty. In a previous article, crypto.news discussed Reuters’ report that Binance’s Greek MiCA application was expected to be rejected, putting its EU service access at risk. Binance said at the time it had worked with regulators and had no formal indication of a denial.

Coinbase’s position is clearer because its Luxembourg entity already holds authorization. “Luxembourg has established itself as the EU’s leading hub for institutional crypto and tokenization,” said Coinbase chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad. He said the country had taken a thoughtful, innovation-oriented approach to blockchain and digital assets.

The next phase will test how licensed firms use MiCA in practice. Coinbase can now compete for EU users through one regulatory base, while Ripple awaits final conditions and other firms race to complete approvals. The licensing gap may shape which platforms keep broad European access after the transition period ends.

Shareholders of Sweden’s H100 approved the issuance of shares needed to complete the company’s acquisition of Moonshot AS and Never Say Die AS, clearing a key condition for a transaction that would increase its Bitcoin holdings from 1,051 BTC to about 3,500 BTC.

The approval allows H100, a Nordic SME-listed health technology company, to acquire the two Norwegian investment firms, which collectively hold about 2,450 Bitcoin, in exchange for newly issued H100 shares. Under terms announced in March, the owners of Moonshot and Never Say Die would become majority shareholders of H100, owning roughly 70% of the combined company following the transaction.

Source: H100Group

The deal is structured as a share-for-share transaction with no cash consideration, with ownership of the combined company based on the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) contributed by each party.

If completed, the acquisition would increase H100’s Bitcoin treasury to approximately 3,500 BTC, likely making it Europe’s second-largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company behind Germany’s Bitcoin Group SE, according to data from BitcoinTreasuries.com.

H100 shares closed 9.6% higher on Tuesday. Despite the gain, the stock remains down about 30% since the start of 2026, per Yahoo Finance data.

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BTC treasury companies face pressure

H100’s planned expansion comes as Bitcoin treasury companies face a more challenging market environment following months of declining cryptocurrency prices and signs of strain in some of the financing models used to fund BTC purchases.

In May, France-based semiconductor maker Sequans Communications said it would abandon the Bitcoin treasury strategy it adopted less than a year earlier and gradually liquidate its remaining holdings to refocus on its core Internet of Things semiconductor business. The company held 658 Bitcoin at the time and said it would monetize the remaining holdings over time.

Strategy, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, has also faced challenges in recent months. Earlier this month, its preferred stock STRC fell below its intended $100 par value and traded at a steep discount to its liquidation preference.

The company’s pace of Bitcoin accumulation has also slowed in recent months. After purchasing more than 34,000 BTC in a single week in April and nearly 25,000 BTC in a week in May, the company added roughly 1,500 BTC in each of the first two weeks of June.

Market data analytics provider CryptoQuant on Wednesday said the company led by Michael Saylor should pause Bitcoin purchases and focus on replenishing its cash reserve, which is down 38% year-to-date.

“They should pause Bitcoin purchases, rebuild cash reserves, and adopt a systematic framework for purchase timing,” wrote the market data analytics provider’s CEO Ki Young Ju in a Wednesday X post, adding that the biggest public Bitcoin treasury holder should also create a “disciplined selling framework” for the next bull market.

Source: Strategy.com

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