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Smart-Contract and DeFi Coins Lead Losses as BTC Price Wilts for 4th Straight Day

Nine Fed members expect a rate increase before year-end, and Bitcoin’s slide also pressured Strategy’s preferred shares and broader crypto stocks.

  • On Thursday, Strategy shares fell 5.59% to $110.05 as the Michael Saylor-led bitcoin treasury company faced pressure, with STRC preferred shares dropping to a record low of $85.32.
  • Bitcoin slid under $63,000 following Wednesday's hawkish Federal Reserve meeting where Fed Chair Kevin Warsh kept rates unchanged, leaving markets pricing only a 15% chance of steady rates through December.
  • Analysts at Marex said, "Add five straight months of BTC trading under its estimated $78k production cost, quietly forcing the weakest miners to capitulate, and you have two real sellers."
  • As the market wilted, $450 million in leveraged bets were liquidated within 24 hours, and funding rates for most tokens remain flat to negative, pointing to bearish sentiment.
  • Traders are prepping for a potential slide down to $52,000 for bitcoin in the coming weeks, while Strategy stock sits 43.3% under the 200-day simple moving average with key support at $104.00.
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MicroStrategy’s preferential stock STRC fell to a new historical minimum and fell well below its nominal value of $100, a move that threatens one of the company’s main funding routes to buy more Bitcoin and reopens the debate about whether it could end up selling part of its BTC reserves. *** STRC closed at $88.59 on Thursday and reached a minimum intraday of $82.5, with a monthly drop of more than 10%. The weakness of the title reduces MicroStr…

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CryptoNinjas broke the news on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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