On the popular prediction market platform Polymarket, crypto bettors are wagering that MicroStrategy's chances of holding 500,000 Bitcoin ahead of March has dropped to just 51% — a decrease of 28%.

Michael Saylor, executive chair of MicroStrategy, announced that that firm had broken with its pattern of selling shares of its common stock to purchase Bitcoin. In a Feb. 3 X post, Saylor said MicroStrategy was holding 471,

MicroStrategy Inc. said it didn’t buy any Bitcoin in the prior week, halting a string of 12 consecutive weekly purchases that began in late October.