MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock Tanks 18% in Pre-Market, Crypto Firms Bleed

Bhushan Akolkar By Bhushan Akolkar Julia Sakovich Edited by Julia Sakovich Updated 3 min read
MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock Tanks 18% in Pre-Market, Crypto Firms Bleed
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With Bitcoin price taking a dive under $50,000 earlier today, there’s going to be a similar reaction in MSTR price moving forward.

After the massive sell-off taking place in the crypto market, public-listed cryptocurrency firms have been facing selling pressure in the early trading hours on Monday. The world’s biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) has seen its stock price collapse by a massive 18% in pre-market trading.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock Movement

Last Friday, August 2, the MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock ended 4.2% in the negative thereby slipping under $1,500. The stock price has further crashed under $1,250 levels in the pre-market trading hours on Monday. As a result, the MSTR loss on the weekly chart has extended to more than 35%.

Ever since MicroStrategy gained exposure to Bitcoin in September 2020, its fortunes have been closely tied to the Bitcoin movement. With the Bitcoin price taking a dive under $50,000 earlier today, there’s going to be a similar reaction in the MSTR price moving forward.

Despite the correction in the pre-market hours, the MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock price is still up by over 85% since the beginning of 2024. As we know, Japan’s Nikkei Index has corrected by a staggering 13% today, marking it the biggest single-day fall since the 1987 Black Monday crash for Wall Street.

Besides, the US futures market is already a major pullback with the top three indices falling by nearly 2-5%. Tech companies are facing a major rout with Nvidia falling by 9% in Monday pre-market while Apple Inc. collapsing 8%.

Amid the growing fears of a US recession and a hard landing, the US Treasury Yields tanked as investors searched for safety in bonds. On Friday, the benchmark 10-year note yielded 3.76%, a significant decrease from the previous week’s 4.20% and the lowest yield in a year.

Crypto Firms Bleed on Wall Street

Apart from MicroStrategy, other publicly listed crypto firms have been facing the same brunt. Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) share price is down by a massive 15% in the pre-market trading hours slipping all the way to $170. As a result, it has extended its weekly drop to more than 30% as of now. This comes despite Coinbase reporting $1.4 billion in Q2 revenue last week.

A crash of a similar magnitude is also visible in some of the crypto-mining firms. The stock of Marathon Digital (NASDAQ: MARA) and others have collapsed more than 16% in Monday’s pre-market session.

Shares of spot Bitcoin ETFs and spot Ethereum ETFs will also be on the radar on Monday. Economists like Peter Schiff are expecting a 30% drop for them later today.

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Bhushan Akolkar

Bhushan is a FinTech enthusiast and holds a good flair in understanding financial markets. His interest in economics and finance draw his attention towards the new emerging Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency markets. He is continuously in a learning process and keeps himself motivated by sharing his acquired knowledge. In free time he reads thriller fictions novels and sometimes explore his culinary skills.

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