{"id":2580,"date":"2026-07-14T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:20:20","slug":"morning-minute-saylors-strategy-hoards-cash-doesnt-buy-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=2580","title":{"rendered":"Morning Minute: Saylor&#8217;s Strategy Hoards Cash, Doesn&#8217;t Buy BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"crypto-article\">\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <strong>Exclusive Crypto News &#038; Analysis:<\/strong> Stay ahead with the latest developments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Market Update:<\/strong> Real-time price movements, technical analysis, and trading signals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.decrypt.co\/insecure\/rs:fill:1024:512:1:0\/plain\/https:\/\/cdn.decrypt.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strategy-logo-x-twitter-2-gID_7.png@png\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<div><i>Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyler_Did_It\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Tyler Warner<\/a><\/i><i>. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. <\/i><i>And c<\/i><i>heck out our <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/decrypt-news\/id1520762610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">new daily news show<\/a> covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">GM!<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Today\u2019s top news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Crypto majors are mixed ahead CPI; BTC at $62.7k<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Saylor sells $467M in MSTR, doesn\u2019t buy BTC<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">ETFs flip to outflows as BTC ETFs see $425M exodus<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">BTC and ETH social media posts fall to 6-year lows<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Jupiter announces new gacha platform powered by Collector Crypt (CARDS +20%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-5a71bf1f-3 fdWwrx gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left\" color=\"#333\" opacity=\"1\">\ud83d\udfe0 Strategy Raises $467M and Skips Bitcoin for a Third Straight Week<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin-buying machine stayed in neutral last week. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/373381\/strategy-pads-cash-reserves-3-billion-skipping-bitcoin-buy-third-week\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">raised $467M by issuing common stock<\/a> and put all of it toward cash, lifting its USD Reserve to a record $3B. That means no Bitcoin purchase for the third week running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The raise added roughly 18% to Strategy\u2019s cash reserves in one move, giving the company more than 20 months of coverage on its $1.76B in annual dividend and interest obligations. So the entirety of the week\u2019s capital markets activity went toward fortifying the balance sheet\u2019s cash cushion. Since its last Bitcoin purchase on June 22, Strategy has generated about $215M from selling Bitcoin, less than half of what this single stock issuance brought in. So the stock sales are now doing more work than the Bitcoin sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Once again, Saylor is issuing common shares to fund dividend payments on his preferred stock. MSTR holders are being diluted to pay STRC holders. MSTR fell 4% Monday to around $90.80, down 18% on the month, though it has steadied since hitting a 28-month low of $81.81 in late June. STRC sits at $87.04, still below its $100 par value where it has lingered since mid-May while paying a 12% dividend. And with Bitcoin at $62,600 against an average cost of $75,476, the 843,775-coin stack is roughly $11B underwater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The biggest open question right now is\u2014why isn\u2019t he buying Bitcoin at these prices? Raising cash to alleviate market concerns and to fund future debt payments made sense when he was mostly depleted, but now Saylor is flush. He\u2019s got 20 months&#8217; runway, and more importantly, he\u2019s proven he can just dump MSTR shares whenever to raise cash. So why not buy BTC here 50% off ATH? Certainly any BTC buy in the low 60s makes more sense than buys in the 80s, 90s, or over 100k. So why aren\u2019t they coming? And when will the next buys hit the tape? Hopefully we find out soon. Or Saylor will have some explaining to do\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-5a71bf1f-3 fdWwrx gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left\" color=\"#333\" opacity=\"1\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Democratic Opposition to the CLARITY Act Grows With Four Weeks Left<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Senate Democrats are hardening against the CLARITY Act, and Trump\u2019s $1.2 billion crypto fortune is (unsurprisingly) the wedge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Elizabeth Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/373419\/democratic-opposition-clarity-act-grows-crypto-bill-final-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">wrote to Senate leadership on Monday<\/a>demanding the bill bar the president, vice president, senior officials, members of Congress, and their families from profiting off the crypto industry. Anything less would be a giveaway to the president and his family at the public\u2019s expense, in her words. On Tuesday, more Senate Democrats including Chris Murphy and Chris Van Hollen are expected to hold a press conference against it, hitting both Trump\u2019s crypto dealings and the argument that the bill weakens financial oversight built after the Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The vote math is the tricky part here. CLARITY needs 60 votes, which means at least seven Democrats have to cross over, and possibly more given the Republican bench is thinner than expected (Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized, and Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend). Trump argued Monday that the Senate should pass CLARITY in Graham\u2019s honor, calling him a big supporter of crypto legislation. Graham was never involved in the negotiations, rarely spoke on the topic, and was the only Senate Republican to co-sponsor a 2023 anti-money-laundering bill that crypto groups called deeply hostile to the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">So where does this leave us? Less than four weeks remain before the August recess, and everyone involved agrees that missing it means the bill dies in the noise of the November midterms. The industry\u2019s own forecasters have already marked it down, with Galaxy cutting its odds to 50% and prediction markets pricing it in the low 40s. The core problem is that the harder Democrats push for ethics language, the more they force Republicans to choose between passing the bill and protecting the president\u2019s business interests. That\u2019s a bad trade to have to make with a hard deadline bearing down.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-2 bmropA gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:16px;border-bottom:1px solid #dfe2e4\" color=\"#333\"><strong>\ud83c\udf0e Macro Crypto and Markets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Crypto majors are mixed ahead of CPI;<\/strong> BTC even at $62.7k; ETH +1% at $1,795; SOL -1% at $75; HYPE -2% at $64<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>HASH (+11%)<\/strong>INJ (+5%) and ENA (+5%) led top movers<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Oil<\/strong> +10% at $81; Gold -1% at $4,020<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Stock futures<\/strong> are mixed as oil spikes and June CPI data comes this AM; DOW -0.7%, Nasdaq +0.3%<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>June CEX volumes<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/2076731018149769727\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">fell 5% from May<\/a>while derivatives trading rose by 4%<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>BTC and ETH<\/strong> social media posts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptojack\/status\/2076970154571796778\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">have fallen<\/a> to their lowest level since 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong admitted Base &#8220;messed up&#8221; on content coins<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/2076711201246192017\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">saying they didn&#8217;t work<\/a> and that Base pivoted away early this year, with resources now going toward trading, payments, and AI agents<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan joined a 54-firm UK tokenization taskforce<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/2076656197042577603\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">backed by the government<\/a>starting with tokenized repo, with a Treasury report projecting up to \u00a333 billion in annual economic output by 2035<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>TeraWulf\u2019s CEO said \u201cnot all megawatts are created equally\u201d<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/coindesk-news\/2026\/07\/13\/terawulf-ceo-not-all-megawatts-are-created-equally-in-ai-race\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">in the AI race<\/a>stating flatly that \u201cwe\u2019re not involved in Bitcoin\u201d anymore as its $19 billion Anthropic hosting deal completes its shift from miner to AI infrastructure company<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>SBI Holdings\u2019 blockchain initiative<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2026\/07\/13\/sbi-holdings-blockchain-initiative-pivots-to-solana-for-tokenization-stablecoin-issuance\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">pivoted to Solana for tokenization and stablecoin issuance<\/a>moving off R3\u2019s Corda and bringing the Solana Foundation into its joint venture, with plans including payment infrastructure for AI agents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"sc-5a71bf1f-3 fdWwrx gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left\" color=\"#333\" opacity=\"1\"><strong>Corporate Treasuries &#038; ETFs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-5a71bf1f-3 fdWwrx gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left\" color=\"#333\" opacity=\"1\"><strong>Meme Coin Tracker<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Meme leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/view\/memes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">were<\/a> mostly red down 1-2%;<\/strong> DOGE even, SHIB -2%, PEPE -1%, PENGU -4%, TRUMP -1%, BONK -2%<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Robinhood chain memes were led by <\/strong>Cashcat +8% to $180M, WOOD +70% to $15M, Wishbone +45% to $9M<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>Febu (+60%), three (+100%) <\/strong>and Cards +20% were notable Solana movers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-2 bmropA gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:16px;border-bottom:1px solid #dfe2e4\" color=\"#333\"><strong>\ud83d\udcc8 Myriad Market of the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.markets\/embed\/events\/world-cup-2026-top-goalscorer-cff976f2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"415px\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-2 bmropA gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:16px;border-bottom:1px solid #dfe2e4\" color=\"#333\"><strong>\ud83d\udcb0 Token, Airdrop &#038; Protocol Tracker<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-2 bmropA gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:16px;border-bottom:1px solid #dfe2e4\" color=\"#333\"><strong>\ud83d\ude9a What is happening in NFTs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>NFT leaders<\/strong> were mixed; Punks even at 32.4 ETH, BAYC +1% at 8.94 ETH, Pudgy -1% at 4.33 ETH; Hypurr\u2019s -4% at 179 HYPE<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>PXL NET (+60%) and Squiggles (+10%) <\/strong>led top movers<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><strong>New Robinhood NFT<\/strong> sets jumped including RH Miners (+1350%) and 8skullz (+340%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"my-4 border-b border-decryptGridline\">\n<div class=\"text-start p-8 md:py-12 md:px-12 max-w-prose relative\"><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-(6px) md:border-l-(6px) md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute top-4 left-4 md:top-6 md:left-6\"\/><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-(6px) md:border-l-(6px) md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute rotate-180 bottom-4 right-4 md:bottom-6 md:right-6\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-akzidenz-grotesk font-bold text-xl md:text-3xl md:text-center gg-dark:text-white\">Daily Debrief<!-- --> Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> Bookmark our site for daily insights, market predictions, and expert trading strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>Explore More:<\/strong> Check our sections for in-depth guides, exchange reviews, and blockchain technology deep-dives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Exclusive Crypto News &#038; 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