{"id":6300,"date":"2026-02-04T18:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/strategy-mstr-shares-sink-over-20-in-5-days-as-bitcoin-crashes-to-72000\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:16:06","slug":"strategy-mstr-shares-sink-over-20-in-5-days-as-bitcoin-crashes-to-72000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/strategy-mstr-shares-sink-over-20-in-5-days-as-bitcoin-crashes-to-72000\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy ($MSTR) Shares Sink Over 20% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Crashes to $72,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/mstr-shares-sink-as-bitcoin-hits-72000\">Strategy ($MSTR) Shares Sink Over 20% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Crashes to $72,000<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) plunged again today as Bitcoin\u2019s sell\u2011off deepened, reinforcing the tight correlation between the world\u2019s largest corporate Bitcoin holder and the digital asset\u2019s price action.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/bitcoin-price\">cratered toward<\/a> $72,000, extending losses to levels not seen since late 2024, while MSTR shares tumbled roughly 9% on the session, dipping to intraday lows near $121.19.<\/p>\n<p>At current levels the stock is down roughly 15% year\u2011to\u2011date and a staggering 72% from its November 2024 peak.<\/p>\n<p>The drop in Bitcoin \u2014 now hovering near $72,000, far below the multi\u2011year highs seen in 2025 \u2014 has rippled across the broader crypto complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With sentiment souring and tactical traders eyeing technical support levels <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-breaks-84k-support-drops-13-weekly-to-confirm-bear-market-below-100-week-sma\">near<\/a> the mid\u2011$60,000 range, risk assets have taken on a pronounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinmagazinepro.com\/charts\/bitcoin-fear-and-greed-index\/\" target=\"_blank\">downbeat tone<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commentary from market strategists has ranged from cautionary to outright bearish, with calls for deeper retracements if demand fails to stabilize.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analyst slashes $MSTR price target by 60%<\/h2>\n<p>In a notable update this week, Canaccord Genuity analyst Joseph Vafi, long viewed as one of MSTR\u2019s most vocal supporters, dramatically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/news\/canaccord-analyst-slashes-strategy-stock-mstr-forecast-by-60-says-bitcoin-faces-identity-crisis#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\">slashed<\/a> his price target from $474 to $185 \u2014 a 61% reduction \u2014 while maintaining a Buy rating on the stock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Vafi\u2019s revised outlook, the new target still implies \u201csignificant upside\u201d from current levels <em>if<\/em> volatility subsides and Bitcoin finds a tradable bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Vafi\u2019s retained bullish stance \u2014 despite the sharp target cut \u2014 highlights a nuanced view among some Wall Street strategists: even amid brutal downside, the stock\u2019s deep discount to theoretical Bitcoin net\u2011asset value could eventually reprice upward.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy continues bitcoin purchasing\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, Strategy said it purchased 855 bitcoin for about $75.3 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/strategy-mstr-bought-855-bitcoin\">paying<\/a> an average price of $87,974 per BTC, according to a Monday filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition came just days before bitcoin fell below $75,000 over the weekend on some rapid selling, briefly pushing Strategy\u2019s treasury close to $1 billion in unrealized losses. Now, the price of bitcoin is below those levels at $72,000.<\/p>\n<p>The company now holds 713,502 BTC, acquired for roughly $54.26 billion at an average cost of $76,052 per coin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s purchase was fully funded through the sale of common stock, following Strategy\u2019s ongoing capital-raising approach to finance bitcoin buys. The purchase of 855 bitcoin was significantly smaller <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/featured\/strategy-mstr-buys-13627-bitcoin\">compared<\/a> to prior company purchases.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes remain on MSTR\u2019s upcoming fourth\u2011quarter 2025 earnings release, scheduled for later this week, a report that could provide more color on its capital\u2011raising cadence, BTC purchase strategy, and the evolving balance between leverage and asset coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, bitcoin\u2019s price <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-price-plunges-to-74000-range\">dropped<\/a> to lows near $72,000 today, its lowest level in over a year. The bitcoin price has now retraced more than 40% from its all\u2011time highs reached in late 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This post <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/mstr-shares-sink-as-bitcoin-hits-72000\">Strategy ($MSTR) Shares Sink Over 20% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Crashes to $72,000<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/authors\/micahzimmerman\">Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin Magazine Strategy ($MSTR) Shares Sink Over 20% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Crashes to $72,000 Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) plunged again today as Bitcoin\u2019s sell\u2011off deepened, reinforcing the tight correlation between the world\u2019s largest corporate Bitcoin holder and the digital asset\u2019s price action. Bitcoin cratered toward $72,000, extending losses to levels not seen since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}