Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer (BTDR) has fully liquidated its corporate Bitcoin treasury, selling all 1,132 BTC over an eight-week drawdown period — including a massive 943.1 BTC dump in a single week.
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The company now holds zero BTC on its balance sheet, marking a significant shift for a firm whose core business revolves around mining the asset. The liquidation comes as broader selling pressure mounts across Bitcoin treasury companies, with BTC trading near $66,000.
Bitdeer's sell-off is not an isolated event. A Satoshi-era whale — a wallet dormant since Bitcoin's earliest days — offloaded approximately $750 million in BTC, while crypto hedge funds have pulled billions from Bitcoin-linked investment vehicles. Together, these moves paint a picture of coordinated deleveraging across multiple cohorts of Bitcoin holders.
Bitdeer's Strategic Pivot Away From Bitcoin Holdings
According to Bitcoin Magazine's reporting, Bitdeer sold all newly mined and reserve BTC over the course of eight consecutive weeks. The most aggressive week saw the company offload 943.1 BTC in a single batch, representing the bulk of its total 1,132 BTC treasury position. The company's decision to hold zero Bitcoin is a stark departure from the "stack sats" strategy that many publicly traded miners have adopted in recent years.
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The rationale, according to multiple reports, centers on Bitdeer's planned pivot toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) services. DL News reported that the liquidation was framed as "not a concern" by those close to the company, with the freed-up capital expected to fund land acquisitions and infrastructure buildout for AI-related operations.
Bitdeer is far from the only miner making this transition — several major mining companies have been pivoting to provide more profitable AI and HPC services as Bitcoin mining margins face increasing pressure.
The approximately $62 million generated from the full treasury liquidation gives Bitdeer operational flexibility as it repositions. For context, Bitcoin mining profitability has been under strain since the April 2024 halving event, which cut block rewards in half. Miners that once relied on accumulating BTC as a treasury strategy are now being forced to weigh the opportunity cost of holding against the capital requirements of diversifying their revenue streams.
Broader Selling Pressure Across Bitcoin Markets
Bitdeer's liquidation sits within a wider pattern of institutional and whale-level selling. Onchain data flagged a wallet linked to Bitcoin's earliest era — commonly referred to as a "Satoshi-era whale" — that moved and sold roughly $750 million in BTC after years of complete inactivity. Movements from wallets of this vintage are closely watched by market participants, as they represent some of the oldest and largest untouched Bitcoin holdings in existence.
Simultaneously, crypto-focused hedge funds have been reducing their Bitcoin exposure, pulling billions from BTC-linked funds. This institutional retreat compounds the selling pressure from miners and long-dormant whales, creating a multi-front supply overhang that has kept Bitcoin pinned near the $66,000 level.
CoinTelegraph reported that Bitcoin treasury firms have logged a rare selling streak, with continued outflows from both corporate treasuries and U.S. Bitcoin ETFs threatening a deeper price retracement. However, some analysts have characterized the selling as a healthy flush of speculative leverage rather than a structural breakdown in demand.
Continued selling from treasury companies and US Bitcoin ETFs threatens a deeper retracement for BTC, but analysts see it as a sign of a healthy flush in speculative leverage.
The Miner Capitulation Dynamic
Miner capitulation — the phenomenon where mining operations are forced to sell their Bitcoin holdings to cover operational costs or fund strategic pivots — has historically been a significant market signal. When miners sell at elevated rates, it typically indicates that either margins have compressed to unsustainable levels or that operators see better risk-adjusted returns elsewhere.
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In Bitdeer's case, the motivation appears to be the latter. The company's pivot toward AI infrastructure mirrors a broader industry trend. Firms like Core Scientific, Iris Energy, and Hut 8 have all made moves to diversify into AI and HPC workloads, leveraging their existing power infrastructure and data center expertise.
The economics are straightforward: AI compute contracts can offer more predictable and often higher-margin revenue compared to the volatile returns of Bitcoin mining.
The post-halving environment has accelerated this calculus. With block rewards reduced to 3.125 BTC, miners operating older-generation hardware or in higher-cost energy markets face tighter margins. Even efficient operators are reassessing whether holding mined Bitcoin on the balance sheet makes sense when that capital could be deployed into rapidly growing AI infrastructure demand.
Key Selling Pressure Points at a Glance
Bitdeer: Liquidated entire 1,132 BTC treasury ($62M) over eight weeks, now holds zero BTC
Satoshi-era whale: Sold approximately $750 million in BTC after years of dormancy
Hedge funds: Pulled billions from Bitcoin-linked investment vehicles
Treasury companies: Logged a rare multi-week selling streak as BTC hovers near $66,000
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs: Experienced concurrent outflows adding to sell-side pressure
What to Watch Next
The convergence of miner selling, whale liquidations, hedge fund outflows, and ETF redemptions creates a notable supply-side dynamic for Bitcoin markets. Whether this represents a temporary deleveraging event or the beginning of a more sustained correction will depend on several factors: the pace of ETF inflows versus outflows, whether additional miners follow Bitdeer's lead in liquidating treasuries, and how quickly the AI pivot generates returns for companies abandoning their Bitcoin accumulation strategies.
For Bitdeer specifically, the market will be watching whether the company's AI and HPC investments deliver on their promise. The firm has effectively traded its Bitcoin exposure for a bet on AI infrastructure demand — a wager that many of its mining peers are also making to varying degrees. The success or failure of these pivots could reshape the entire publicly traded mining sector over the coming quarters.
