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Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right Now

|Author: Viacheslav Vasipenok|5 min read| 13
Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right Now

The exit is no longer quiet. It has become loud, visible, and systemic.

While the market still clings to narratives of long-term holding and institutional adoption, the data and actions of the largest players tell a completely different story. Those who accumulated the most aggressively during previous cycles are now reducing exposure — and this time it includes not only retail whales and venture funds, but also sovereign states and the single largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the world.


Corporate Bitcoin Giants Are Already Selling

Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right NowThe most symbolic example is Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), led by Michael Saylor. In late May 2026, the company sold 32 Bitcoin for approximately $2.5 million — its first sale since 2022. Officially, the proceeds were used to cover dividend payments on preferred shares.

Saylor has long positioned himself as the ultimate Bitcoin maximalist, repeatedly telling retail investors “never sell your Bitcoin.” However, when it comes to the public company he controls, the stance is more flexible. He has acknowledged that Strategy may sell Bitcoin when necessary to manage its financial obligations.

Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right NowThis is not a small development. Strategy holds hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin and has become one of the most important price-support mechanisms in the entire market. If the company is forced to sell more significantly — whether due to mounting dividend obligations (which have grown to over $1 billion annually) or pressure from shareholders and creditors — the impact would be immediate and severe.

The market has not yet fully priced in this risk. When it does, the reaction will likely be brutal.

Extreme Concentration Creates Extreme Fragility

The current structure of the crypto market is dangerously imbalanced. Bitcoin currently accounts for roughly 58.65% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization of approximately $2.06 trillion. No other major asset class in the world exhibits such extreme concentration in a single asset.

Markets naturally seek equilibrium. When one asset dominates to this degree, capital eventually flows elsewhere or exits entirely until balance is restored. The heavy reliance on a single company’s continued accumulation has created a fragile equilibrium that can collapse quickly if that accumulation slows or reverses.


Governments Are Also Exiting

Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right NowSovereign entities are following the same pattern.

Bhutan, once praised for its Bitcoin mining strategy, has sold approximately 70% of its Bitcoin reserves since late 2024. Holdings have dropped from around 13,000 BTC to roughly 4,000 BTC. Throughout 2026, the kingdom has continued steady outflows, often routing Bitcoin through institutional market makers.

Germany liquidated nearly 50,000 BTC in 2024 at an average price of around $57,900. As Bitcoin trades near that level in mid-2026, the sale no longer appears as catastrophic as it once did — but it remains a clear example of a government choosing to exit rather than hold.

Even the United States, which created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in 2025 with a stated policy of not selling, continues to manage confiscated Bitcoin through legal processes. The overall direction from sovereign players is clear: reduce exposure when possible.


Centralized Exchanges Are Losing Ground

Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right NowThe problems are not limited to holders. The infrastructure itself is under pressure.

Binance, the world’s largest centralized exchange, will no longer provide crypto asset services in several European Union countries starting July 1, 2026, after failing to secure the necessary MiCA authorization in time. Clients in France, Poland, Italy, Spain, and other EU countries have already received instructions regarding withdrawals.

This is not an isolated incident. Regulators in the United Kingdom (FCA) and Singapore have also issued warnings regarding platforms like Hyperliquid. These developments reflect a broader regulatory tightening against centralized exchanges that have long operated with opaque practices — including the creation of fake trading volume and the listing of low-quality projects.

The model that allowed many CEXs to generate massive profits through wash trading, artificial liquidity, and the promotion of questionable tokens is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain under growing regulatory scrutiny.


The Great Exit Is Accelerating

Part 9: The Great Exit – How Insiders, VCs, Governments, and Even Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Holder Are Dumping Right NowAcross every major category — long-term holders, venture capital, corporations, governments, and even the largest centralized platforms — capital is moving out or preparing to move out.

This is not random. It is a rational response to a market that has failed to deliver sustainable growth, continues to expose its structural weaknesses, and remains dangerously dependent on a small number of large players.

The cascade has not fully begun yet. But the conditions for it are already in place. When the broader market finally recognizes that even Bitcoin’s most vocal corporate champion has started selling, and that the largest exchange is being pushed out of major jurisdictions, the repricing will be rapid and painful.

The purge is no longer limited to low-quality projects and scams.
It has reached the very core of the market.


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