Michael Saylor’s latest message is blunt and direct: “Go Bitcoin today — the 
money won’t fix itself.” He’s pressing an idea he has pushed for years — that 
holding Bitcoin is a deliberate choice against the slow decline of fiat money 
— and his firm’s actions back up the words. Bitcoin sits below Saylor’s firm’s 
average purchase price, yet buying has continued. Related Reading: Calm Down: 
Ethereum Has Survived 8 Major 50% Falls, Lee Reminds Investors Strategy’s 
Massive Position According to reports, Strategy now holds 714,644 BTC. The 
average cost of that stash is listed at $76,056 per coin. Recent filings show 
another 1,142 BTC was bought this month at about $78,815 each, a purchase that 
amounted to roughly $90 million. At today’s trading levels near $68,000, the 
position shows an estimated unrealized loss of close to $6 billion, while the 
reported book value of holdings tops $54 billion after nearly six years of 
steady accumulation. Go bitcoin today. The money won&#8217;t fix itself. — Michael 
Saylor (@saylor) February 13, 2026 Public companies together are reported to 
hold about 1.13 million BTC, and Strategy makes up almost two-thirds of that 
total. Reports note that close to 200 public firms hold some Bitcoin, though 
most of the new buying in January was concentrated in a very small group. One 
company leads the herd by a large margin. High-Conviction Buying Saylor’s 
message isn’t just rhetoric. Reports have disclosed that Strategy follows a 
long-range plan that includes a seven-year road map disclosed in its Q4 2025 
filings, which aims to raise Bitcoin per share by 2032 based on various yield 
scenarios. The firm’s playbook is simple: buy on dips and avoid selling. The 
mantra is repeated: buy Bitcoin and do not sell. That posture has 
consequences. Some see it as a show of commitment that can encourage other 
firms and big investors to act similarly. Others view the heavy concentration 
of corporate exposure as a source of market fragility — if Strategy were to 
change course unexpectedly, prices could shift fast. Liquidity matters. That 
risk is understated when the focus is only on conviction. Related Reading: XRP 
Set To Dethrone Bitcoin Within 6 Years, Entrepreneur Says Market Impact And 
Criticism Reports say the firm’s buying has been so large that it dominated 
corporate additions in January, accounting for more than 90% of net new 
corporate Bitcoin purchases that month. That level of dominance brings 
scrutiny. Questions have been raised about governance, balance sheet risk, and 
what long-term holding means for shareholders who expect stable returns. Some 
critics argue that a company piling into a volatile asset creates a mismatch 
with traditional corporate responsibilities. At the same time, supporters 
argue that patient ownership of Bitcoin can protect against long-term currency 
erosion. This is the case Saylor makes: losses on paper are temporary if the 
thesis holds, and time is an ally for those convinced of Bitcoin’s store-of- 
value case. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

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The measure, described last week, would be submitted by Brazil’s Revenue 
Service for public consultation and would impose a 3.5% tax on both stablecoin 
purchases and remittances, treating them as foreign currency exchanges subject 
to the existing Tax on Financial Transactions (IOF). Brazil Prepares For 
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Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added nearly $15.2 million in Coinbase stock across 
three ETFs, reversing course days after offloading more than $39 million in 
shares.

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After a dour performance throughout the week, the price of Bitcoin experienced 
a fair amount of bullish impetus on Friday, February 13th. Going into the 
weekend, the premier cryptocurrency seemed on its way to reclaim the 
psychologically relevant $70,000 level. Interestingly, recent on-chain data 
shows that this latest bullish spurt might be the start of, at least, a short- 
term rally for the Bitcoin price. Is Bitcoin On The Verge Of A Short Squeeze? 
In a Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, market analyst CryptoOnchain 
revealed that the Bitcoin Funding Rate on Binance, the world’s largest 
cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has dropped to a critically low 
level — one not seen in over a year. The relevant indicator here is the 14-day 
Simple Moving Average (SMA-14) of BTC Funding Rate. Related Reading: Ethereum 
Derivatives Reset Raises Questions About Next Price Move: What Happens Next? 
Typically, the Funding Rate metric estimates the periodic fee paid by traders 
in a derivatives market for a particular cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, in this 
case). When the funding rate is in the positive territory, it usually implies 
that the long traders (investors with buy positions) are paying a fee to short 
traders (investors with sell positions) in the derivatives market. On the flip 
side, a negative funding rate metric, as is the case currently, suggests that 
the payment is going from the short traders to the long traders. Data from 
CryptoQuant shows that the 14-day SMA of the Bitcoin Funding Rate on Binance 
has fallen to -0.002, its lowest level since September 2024. As CryptoOnchain 
rightly noted, a deeply negative funding rate, especially one that lasts over 
a 14-day average, indicates that bears (short traders) are increasingly 
betting against the premier cryptocurrency. The market analyst noted that 
these extremely negative values often correlate with the bottom of severe 
downward trends. CryptoOnchain wrote in the post: From an on-chain and market 
psychology perspective, deeply negative funding rates often serve as a strong 
Contrarian Signal. The market currently appears to be heavily “overcrowded” on 
the short side. From a historical perspective, this on-chain trend has often 
set the stage for a potent short squeeze, where a minor price rebound could 
trigger a cascade of liquidations of the mounting short positions. This 
cascade of short liquidations often serves as jet fuel, further propelling the 
Bitcoin price to the upside. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the 
price of Bitcoin stands at around $69,000, reflecting an over 5% jump in the 
past 24 hours. Related Reading: Historical Pattern From 2017 Signals Bitcoin 
Price Crash To $35,000 Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView

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