Saylor denies strategy sell rumors as BTC falls below $96,000

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, has denied reports that the company sold 47,000 Bitcoins as the crypto market leader’s price fell below $96,000.

Bitcoin hit a low in the last 24 hours $94,000.73, but has since recovered some of the lost ground to trade down 1% at $95,994.91 as of 12:53 a.m. EST, according to CoinMarketCap. BTC is down 6% in the past week.

BTC Price (Source: CoinMarketCap)

“We’re buying,” says Saylor

The price of BTC fell shortly after reports surfaced online that Strategy, the largest Bitcoin holding company and pioneer of the digital asset treasury (DAT) strategy, had sold some of its holdings.

Among these reports was an

$MSTR – ARKHAM: SAYLOR’S STRATEGY REDUCES BITCOIN INMATES BY 47,000

Arkham data shows that Michael Saylor’s (MSTR) strategy reduced his Bitcoin holdings from 484,000 to around 437,000, a drop of around 47,000 BTC. It is unclear whether this comes from transfers or sales. This is the first…

– *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) November 14, 2025

“It is unclear if this is from transfers or sales,” said user X. “This is the first reported drop since July 2023, after months of steady accumulation.”

Saylor quickly replied to post X, saying “there is no truth to this rumor”.

The rumors began circulating after Saylor appeared on CNBC Friday morning, where he made optimistic comments about Bitcoin.

We are in the process of doing it.pic.twitter.com/6g11E9G6pO

-Michael Saylor (@saylor) November 14, 2025

“We’re buying,” he said. “We actually buy a lot and we will post our next purchases Monday morning. I think people will be pleasantly surprised.”

Saylor added that investors should expect volatility and that for Bitcoin, a four-year time horizon is necessary.

Arkham Says Recent Strategy Moves Are a Portfolio Shuffle, Not a Sell

Fears that Bitcoin treasury leader Strategy would sell some of its holdings were likely triggered by the on-chain moves made by the company.

Arkham Intelligence confirmed that there were indeed transfers made by Strategy’s portfolios, but said the moves were part of a broader portfolio reshuffle.

“Over the past two weeks, the Arkham platform has shown Strategy making a series of transfers from Coinbase Custody (their existing custodian) to a new custodian,” she said on November 14.It is likely that today’s transfers are a continuation of this rotation. On-chain movements do not mean Strategy has sold its BTC, and transfers from Arkham’s Strategy entity do not automatically imply asset sales.

The firm went on to note that large firms like Strategy “regularly experience portfolio and custodian turnover for security, operational or counterparty risk management reasons.”

“The reaction to the BTC movement by strategy has been exacerbated recently by general nervousness in the markets,” Arkham said.

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