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Crypto Crash Erases $390B; Mastercard Adds Stablecoin, Cardano Hits Low

6/8/2026

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Summary

Bitcoin Plummets

Bitcoin fell to $60,000, wiping $390 billion from market cap.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.7 billion and Ethereum ETFs shed $168 million this month.
Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin for $2.5 million, its first BTC sale since Dec 2022, retaining 843,706 coins worth $63.87 billion.
Mastercard enabled stablecoin settlement on seven blockchains, including USDC and PYUSD.
Cardano’s ADA fell to an all-time low of $0, erasing over $83 billion since its 2021 peak.

Summary

Strategy Sells Bitcoin

Strategy will sell bitcoin to fund its monthly dividend, a plan Michael Saylor, Strategy CEO, calls a credit-backed cycle.
The May sale of 32 bitcoin is the first step toward securing dividend payments.
Matt Mena of 21shares said the sell-off stems from a short-term confidence shock around Saylor, not Bitcoin fundamentals.
Jeff Dorman of Arca warned that a $4 billion sale could lift the market 20%-30%.

History

Historical Context

In December 2017 Bitcoin surged to $19,783, sparking a global speculative rush. The rally collapsed to about $3,300 by December 2018, a crash that erased most of the market-cap gain. Today Mastercard is extending stablecoin settlement to seven blockchains, echoing the 2017 boom-bust cycle that regulators warned could repeat in the global financial system.

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Bitcoin Plummets

Bitcoin fell to $60,000, wiping $390 billion from market cap.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.7 billion and Ethereum ETFs shed $168 million this month.
Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin for $2.5 million, its first BTC sale since Dec 2022, retaining 843,706 coins worth $63.87 billion.
Mastercard enabled stablecoin settlement on seven blockchains, including USDC and PYUSD.
Cardano’s ADA fell to an all-time low of $0, erasing over $83 billion since its 2021 peak.

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