Daily Crypto Signals: MicroStrategy Teases Ninth Consecutive Bitcoin Purchase, Ethereum Tests Critical Support at $2,500

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor signals another potential Bitcoin acquisition following a $1 billion stock offering, while Ethereum price

Written by: Arslan Butt • Monday, June 9, 2025 • 3 min read

• Last updated: Monday, June 9, 2025

Daily Crypto Signals: MicroStrategy Teases Ninth Consecutive Bitcoin Purchase, Ethereum Tests Critical Support at $2,500

Quick overview

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor hints at another potential Bitcoin acquisition following a $1 billion stock offering.
Bitcoin remains above $105,000 despite recent volatility, while Ethereum struggles to maintain momentum around the critical $2,500 support level.
Market analysts are monitoring liquidation levels closely, with significant potential for both short and long liquidations depending on Bitcoin's price movement.
Ethereum's price action is increasingly influenced by Binance metrics, making the $2,392 realized price a crucial support level for traders.

MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor signals another potential Bitcoin acquisition following a $1 billion stock offering, while Ethereum price action hinges on key Binance metrics as the altcoin struggles to maintain momentum above crucial support levels.

Crypto Market Developments

Over the weekend, there was a lot of activity in the cryptocurrency market, and major digital assets sent mixed signals. Even though Bitcoin stayed above $105,000 despite rumors that institutional investors were still buying it, the overall market mood was still cautious after the recent volatility that saw Bitcoin briefly drop below $100,500 on June 5.

Some important events were Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino’s dismissal of IPO rumors, even though the company was worth $515 billion, and a massive security breach that cost Bitcoin DeFi platform Alex Protocol $8.3 million in a liquidity pool hack. The event brought attention to the security problems that are still present in the decentralized finance sector, especially for Bitcoin-based protocols that run on layer-2 networks like Stacks.

Market analysts are keeping a careful eye on liquidation levels. Data shows that if the price of Bitcoin goes up by 10%, $15.11 billion in short liquidations might happen, while $9.58 billion in long liquidations could happen if the price goes down. This uneven setup has traders getting ready for possible upward momentum, especially as low funding rates suggest a lot of short positions over the weekend.

Strategy Set to Buy More Bitcoin?

BTC/USD

Bitcoin BTC/USD Bitcoin’s price action over the previous week showed classic support-retest behavior. The cryptocurrency was able to hold the $105,000 level after falling to roughly $100,500. Traders say that Bitcoin is finishing what they call a “successful” support retest, and the currency is now trading close to its weekly open level of $105,621.

MicroStrategy’s ongoing strategy of buying additional Bitcoin is still a big factor in the market. Executive chairman Michael Saylor’s cryptic “Send more Orange” remark on X hints at another possible acquisition. This would be the company’s eleventh week in a row of buying Bitcoin. The corporation bought 705 BTC for almost $75 million between May 26 and June 1. This brought its total holdings to 580,955 BTC, which is worth about $61.4 billion.

Saylor’s hint comes at the same time as MicroStrategy launched a $1 billion stock offering, which is four times the amount they had planned to raise before. The business’s new preferred stock structure pays 10% non-cumulative dividends, which will attract institutional investors looking for high returns while also helping the company continue to buy Bitcoin. MicroStrategy is still the largest known corporate Bitcoin holder, with almost $20.6 billion in unrealized earnings on its Bitcoin investment.

Technical indications suggest that there may be volatility in the future. Trader Rekt Capital says that $106,600 is a key daily resistance level that needs to be recaptured for the trend to continue. If the weekly close is above $104,400, it will be the fourth week in a row that support holds, which will strengthen the bullish story. Some analysts, on the other hand, say that $100,000 is still the best psychological support level for anyone who want to go long.

Why $2,500 is Critical for Ethereum

ETH/USD

Ethereum’s ETH/USD price action has not been as good as Bitcoin’s, and the cryptocurrency has had a hard time keeping up with the $2,500 level. After weeks of trading between $2,500 and $2,700, ETH came under a lot of pressure on Friday as the whole market fell, momentarily dropping to $2,400 before bouncing back to its current level of about $2,500.

On-chain study shows that Ethereum’s price is more and more affected by variables that are peculiar to exchanges, especially those that have to do with how Binance users conduct. The realized price of $2,392 for Binance user deposit addresses has become an important support level. The recent bounce from this level shows how much the exchange affects the structure of the ETH market.

Because Binance is the biggest exchange for Ethereum trading and holding, the cost basis of its users is very important for figuring out the price. The exchange has the most ETH reserves of any centralized platform, and it has a big impact on how on-chain movement patterns shift. This means that traders should keep a careful eye on the $2,392 realized price because it is a key support level.

The $2,500 mark is important for Ethereum as a whole. This is the average price that OKX users ($2,706), addresses that often receive from centralized exchanges ($2,532), and highly active addresses ($2,513) have paid. Most investors make money when prices stay above $2,500, which lowers the pressure to sell and helps prices stay stable.

But if Ethereum stays below $2,500 for a long time, it might cause a lot of people to lose money that they haven’t recognized yet. This could lead to more selling pressure and more downward momentum. Because of this, the present price range is very important for Ethereum’s short-term future. People in the market are keenly watching how the altcoin reacts to these important technical and on-chain levels.

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