{"id":29039,"date":"2025-05-28T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29039"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:46:31","slug":"is-bitcoin-btcusd-decoupling-from-strategy-mstr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29039","title":{"rendered":"Is Bitcoin (BTCUSD) Decoupling From Strategy (MSTR)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Over the last several weeks, Bitcoin (BTCUSD) has decoupled from the stock market and made a new all-time high while major US indexes haven\u2019t followed. Is Bitcoin also beginning to decouple from Strategy (MSTR) shares? According to high timeframe technical signals, the two tightly correlated assets could be beginning to diverge from one another.<\/p>\n<h2>Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin 2025 Conference Blunder<\/h2>\n<p>During this week\u2019s ongoing Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) frontman and famed Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor shocked the audience by slamming the idea of \u201cproof of reserves.\u201d Saylor compared the practice to \u201cpublishing your kids\u2019 bank account\u201d online and warned that it could lead to hacks or worse. He outright called it a \u201cbad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments are a departure from his usual Bitcoin-promoting self, prompting the cryptocurrency community to second-guess if the company holds as much BTC as they claim to.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s most recent purchase of 4,020 BTC at $106,237 per BTC brought Strategy\u2019s holdings to 580,250 BTC with a cost average of $69,979. Strategy\u2019s holdings make the company among the top holders of BTC, behind only Satoshi Nakamoto and BlackRock\u2019s IBIT ETF.<\/p>\n<h2>Proof-of-Risky Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>In the years, months, weeks, even days leading up to the ongoing conference, Michael Saylor has been pitched as the hero Bitcoin deserves, buying BTC at key inflection points and helping to prop up price.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately following videos of Saylor\u2019s response to a question from the audience, sentiment swiftly shifted against Saylor and Strategy. For example, the cover of a March 2000 edition of the Daily News is making rounds, with the headline reading \u201cLost $6B in a day: Hotshot tech CEO loses fortune as his company\u2019s stock plunges 140 points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The headline is in reference to Michael Saylor being the biggest financial loser of the dot com bubble. At the time, MSTR share price fell by 99%.<\/p>\n<h2>A Correlation on the Cusp of Decoupling<\/h2>\n<p>Because Strategy\u2019s growth has been directly tied to Bitcoin\u2019s price trajectory, BTCUSD and MSTR have been closely correlated. The monthly Correlation Coefficient is currently at a reading of 0.83, suggesting an extremely strong positive correlation.<\/p>\n<p>However, previously similar technical signals on both assets have started to diverge, hinting at either a potential decoupling between BTCUSD and MSTR.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-488610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=980&amp;resize=980%2C595\" alt=\"MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49\" width=\"980\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=3885 3885w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=1140 1140w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MSTR_2025-05-28_09-39-49.png?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"><\/p>\n<p>The monthly LMACD is a momentum indicator. On the left, MSTR shows a bearish crossover. On the right, Bitcoin shows increasing bullish momentum. If MSTR crashes from here, and Bitcoin rallies, the decoupling event could come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>There still remains the possibility that the two assets stay tightly correlated, and MSTR\u2019s bearish momentum could spill over into Bitcoin \u2013 pulling momentum over on the BTCUSD chart as well.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/x.com\/TonyTheBullCMT\/status\/1927717056754934251<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tony is the author of the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinchartist.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinChartist (VIP) newsletter<\/a>. Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/coinchartist.substack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free<\/a>. Please note: Content is educational and should not be considered investment advice. Featured image from Shutterstock, Charts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/?aff_id=118619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TradingView.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last several weeks, Bitcoin (BTCUSD) has decoupled from the stock market and made a new all-time high while major US indexes haven\u2019t followed. Is Bitcoin also beginning to decouple from Strategy (MSTR) shares? According to high timeframe technical signals, the two tightly correlated assets could be beginning to diverge from one another. 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