Tron Founder Justin Sun’s Bold $100 Million Bitcoin Gamble: Is He Nuts?

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While other crypto enthusiasts are clutching their pearls over Bitcoin‘s sudden price plunge (BTC is currently at $78,120, or as I like to call it, ‘the new normal’), Justin Sun is strutting around like a peacock planning to splash out a cool $100 million on the digital gold. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has decided to play hide-and-seek with its value, dropping to about $77,000-down a fabulous 14% in just 30 days.
Ah, the joys of crypto!

Justin Sun to Buy the Bitcoin Dip

Sun, in what can only be described as a stroke of either genius or madness, is gearing up to add between $50 million and $100 million worth of Bitcoin to Tron’s already lavish holdings. Coincidentally (or perhaps not), Bitcoin’s price decided to take a nosedive below $75,000 during the sleepy Asian morning hours on Feb. 2, marking its lowest point since we were all pretending to be social beings last April. So far, poor BTC has lost up to 21% of its value since Jan. 15. It’s like watching your favorite soap opera character go through a breakup-tragic!

According to CoinMarketCap (the site you secretly refresh every five minutes), BTC has slightly lifted itself off the floor to trade at $77,706.44, representing a modest 1.08% decline within the past 24 hours. Imagine dropping from a $2 trillion market cap to a measly $1.55 trillion-talk about a dramatic fall from grace! And the trading volume? A staggering $73.93 billion-let’s hope they’re not storing it under a mattress.

If Sun goes ahead with this audacious plan, it would certainly be a blockbuster purchase, especially when you compare it to those Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies who, let’s face it, might need to start selling cookies to make up for their past record-high buys.

As it stands, many of these companies are facing more losses than a contestant on a cooking show gone wrong-running into the 30% range on their holdings, according to a rather grim Bitcointreasuries report.

Strategy Suffers Loss, Binance Adds More Bitcoin

With BTC dipping below $75,000, the business intelligence and software firm Strategy is now sitting on more than $1 billion in unrealized losses. Ouch! This has sent MSTR investors into a tizzy, worrying about potential volatility and liquidation risks. Shortly after they splurged on 2,932 BTC for $264 million, it’s been revealed that the average price they paid per Bitcoin is now flirting near $76,000. Can someone pass the tissues, please?

Currently, Strategy’s average Bitcoin purchase price stands at $76,037. It’s like buying a ticket to the theater and realizing you’re in the wrong show. Meanwhile, Binance has boldly hinted at its own plan to purchase a whopping $1 billion worth of BTC. They’ve penned an open letter to the community, stating their intention to move $1 billion from their user protection fund (currently resting comfortably in stablecoins) into Bitcoin. Let’s hope they’re not just throwing darts at a board!

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2026-02-02 17:40