{"id":250729,"date":"2026-11-12T14:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=250729"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:21:51","slug":"bitcoin-price-falls-below-72000-as-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-steps-down-and-strategy-mstr-slides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=250729","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Falls Below $72,000 as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Steps Down and Strategy (MSTR) Slides"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bitcoin Price Falls Below $72,000 as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Steps Down and Strategy (MSTR) Slides<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bitcoin price fell<\/a> below $72,000 on Thursday morning, its lowest level since mid-August, after Nvidia said CEO Jensen Huang had resigned and Strategy shares slid following MSCI\u2019s confirmation of an index exit, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro<\/em> data.<\/p>\n

The selling started after Wednesday\u2019s close. Bitcoin slipped from about $74,700 to near $73,400 by 6 p.m. ET, then drifted sideways overnight. A second leg lower began around 6 a.m., and the bitcoin price briefly dipped to about $72,200 shortly after 8 a.m. The decline accelerated later in the morning, and bitcoin traded as low as about $71,670 around 9:29 a.m.<\/p>\n

That move pushed the bitcoin price below the low near $72,700 it set after Tuesday\u2019s hotter-than-expected inflation report<\/a>. It now trades roughly $31,200 below where it stood one year ago.<\/p>\n

Nvidia CEO steps down, and the bitcoin price follows<\/h2>\n

Nvidia (NVDA) said<\/a> Thursday that Huang has resigned as president, chief executive and a member of the board, effective immediately. The company named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO and appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first board chair. Kress will continue as chief financial officer while she serves in the interim role. The board is searching for a permanent successor and said it will consider internal and external candidates. Nvidia is still scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter results on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

The resignation follows reports of extramarital relationships, including one that has raised national security concerns in Washington. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, had told<\/a> CNBC that Huang should step down, saying he was \u201cso vulnerable to extortion, blackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nvidia shares fell<\/a> about 13% at Thursday\u2019s open. Nasdaq 100 futures were down about 1.4% and S&P 500 futures fell about 0.7%, while Dow futures were nearly flat. Intel, Marvell Technology and Micron were down between about 5% and 7.5%, and CoreWeave dropped about 16%, giving back most of Wednesday\u2019s 24.7% surge. Data center firms IREN, Applied Digital and Core Scientific also traded lower.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin price has moved with tech for most of this month. It fell on Monday when an earlier Nvidia probe rattled<\/a> markets, then lagged Wednesday\u2019s rebound in chip stocks. Thursday\u2019s slide wiped out that small gain and then some.<\/p>\n

Strategy slides after MSCI confirms index exit<\/h2>\n

Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, fell<\/a> about 7% at the open after MSCI confirmed it will remove the stock from its indexes. MSCI\u2019s November review removed Strategy from the MSCI USA Index<\/a>, a step that also takes it out of the MSCI World and ACWI indexes, effective at the Nov. 30 close. Japan\u2019s Metaplanet is also slated for removal.<\/p>\n

Index funds will sell MSTR shares, not bitcoin, and nothing in the rules requires Strategy to sell its coins. Still, a weaker stock makes it harder for the company to raise money for new purchases at a time when miners such as MARA are selling<\/a> coins.<\/p>\n

ETF outflows and Fed bets keep the pressure on<\/h2>\n

Fund demand stayed weak. Spot bitcoin ETFs lost<\/a> $299.8 million on Wednesday, their fifth straight day of net outflows, bringing the five-day total to about $1.44 billion. BlackRock\u2019s IBIT accounted for $269.7 million of Wednesday\u2019s redemptions, its ninth straight session of outflows.<\/p>\n

This morning\u2019s labor data did not ease the rate outlook. Initial jobless claims rose<\/a> to 200,000 last week, above the 195,000 economists had expected, the Labor Department said. Traders still see a December Fed rate hike as a certainty, with about a 10% chance of a half-point move, CME FedWatch<\/a> shows. Higher rates make an asset that pays no interest harder to hold, and that has kept a lid on the bitcoin price all week.<\/p>\n

The next test comes quickly. Cisco and Applied Materials report<\/a> results after Thursday\u2019s close, and Friday\u2019s Producer Price Index will give investors another read on inflation after this week\u2019s consumer price data came in hotter than expected.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the bitcoin price is near $71,800.<\/p>\n

This post Bitcoin Price Falls Below $72,000 as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Steps Down and Strategy (MSTR) Slides<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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