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Michael Saylor made a confession: yes, Strategy might indeed sell Bitcoin soon. But that is no reason for concern — quite the opposite in fact.

Coinbase is spending big money again ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Here’s who’s on the receiving end of it…

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Michael Saylor Remains Unconcerned: 'I Expect The Bitcoin Price Will Go Up Forever'

Michael Saylor has said the quiet part out loud: Strategy MSTR "could sell some Bitcoin before year-end" — and he's framing it not as distress but as capital structure optimization around growing "Bitcoin per share," which has already climbed from 50,000 Satoshis five years ago to over 200,000 Satoshis today.

Saylor says Strategy runs four funding levers at all times — equity, credit, cash, and Bitcoin sales — and over-relying on any single one underperforms long term.

The real headline from the Coin Stories Q&A is STRC: Saylor called it Strategy's "flagship security," said keeping it near its $100 par value is the firm's top operational priority.

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QUICK N DIRTY

XRP to all-time highs in 2026? Don’t count on it, Polymarket bettors say: nothing good is waiting for XRP in the rest of the year.

Bitcoin is stuck at $77,000 and altcoins are not doing much better at the moment. Here’s why the lack of positive peace news is weighing on the market.

Anthony Pompliano isn’t bothered by the lack of good news: he says Bitcoin is a brilliant crisis hedge and much better than gold for that matter.

FINTECH FOCUS

Coinbase's Eight-Figure Donations Ahead Of 'Most Consequential' Midterm Election

Coinbase and CEO Brian Armstrong are going all-in on Washington.

Armstrong personally dropped $1 million into Fairshake while Coinbase added another $24.5 million, making the two responsible for roughly one-third of the pro-crypto super PAC's $85 million war chest ahead of what the exchange is calling the industry's "most consequential" U.S. election.

Andreessen Horowitz and Ripple each kicked in $20 million more.

The political offensive comes as Coinbase remains locked in an SEC legal fight over operating an unregistered exchange…

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