BTC, ETH, SOL price news: Bitcoin’s worst week in months got a late macro rescue
A tiny Strategy sale raised a bigger question about Saylor’s never-sell stance, while easing Iran fears and a strong SpaceX debut helped risk assets recover.
Updated Jun 13, 2026, 5:54 a.m. Published Jun 13, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
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Bitcoin nearly broke this week, then macro gave it a way back.
The largest crypto opened near $73,000 last Sunday, slid below $60,000 for the first time since the U.S. election in November 2024, and recovered to about $63,500 by Saturday, according to CoinDesk data. It remains roughly 50% below its October 2025 record near $126,000.
The move pushed bitcoin into a valuation zone usually seen near bear-market bottoms, but it never produced the kind of panic flush that normally confirms one.
A catalyst for the slide came from Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate bitcoin holder, which disclosed on June 1 that it sold 32 BTC for about $2.5 million between May 26 and May 31 to fund dividends on its STRC preferred shares. The sale was tiny compared with the company’s roughly 845,000 BTC pile, about 4% of total bitcoin supply.
Saylor had spent years making “never sell bitcoin” the center of Strategy’s identity. So when the company sold even 32 coins, traders treated it less as a balance-sheet event and more as a change in behavior.
Strategy also sold about 800,000 shares for $128 million through its at-the-market program in the same week. If the bitcoin sale did not matter, traders were left asking why it needed to happen at all.
One possible answer is the S&P 500.
Strategy met the technical requirements for index inclusion in September 2025 but was passed over. Some market commentators have argued that the company’s refusal to sell bitcoin could make it look more like an investment vehicle than a treasury company, which would hurt its chances. Selling a small amount of bitcoin may help Strategy show it can use BTC as a corporate treasury asset, not just hold it forever.
The market reaction was real, however, as bitcoin was already trading into weak risk appetite. Iran tensions had pushed oil higher and revived higher-for-longer rate worries. Tech stocks were under pressure. Bitcoin traded more like a high-beta Nasdaq proxy than an independent store-of-value trade.
But the rebound came from the same macro channel.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. had effectively ended the war with Iran, while officials pointed to progress toward a signed accord. Brent crude fell toward $85. Stocks rallied. SpaceX listed on Nasdaq on Friday and closed at $161, up 19% from its $135 offer price, giving risk traders another reason to step back in.
Crypto followed. Ether rose 6.4% on the week to $1,663. Solana gained 9.5% to nearly $67. BNB added 4.7%, dogecoin rose 6.2% and XRP climbed 4.2% to $1.13.
Bitcoin’s 4.7% weekly gain hides the real move. It fell to levels that look cheap on long-term valuation gauges, held without a forced-selling spiral, then bounced on better macro news.
A real turn still needs demand, meanwhile. ETF flows need to stabilize, large buyers need to come back and loss-taking needs to get heavy enough to show the market has cleared out the sellers who had to leave.
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