MSTR Hits 16-Month Low on BTC Losses
Strategy is abandoning its 'never sell' Bitcoin posture, selling BTC to fund dividends and rebuild cash reserves while its preferred stock, share price, and accumulation model face mounting stress.
Strategy's STRC preferred stock fell 26% below par and MSTR shares reached a 16-month low at $85, with the company's Bitcoin holdings showing unrealized losses exceeding $13 billion. A securities lawsuit was filed against Strategy, and a company director sold shares at the record-low price. Arkham clarified that Strategy is not legally required to prioritize STRC dividends, removing the risk of mandatory BTC liquidation, while the company's cash runway for dividend payments was estimated at approximately 10 months.
Strategy STRC: the income product that became a Bitcoin tracker
STRC was sold as the boring part of the Strategy machine — a preferred stock pegged to $100, paying reliable monthly dividends, low volatility by design. Its 90-day correlation with Bitcoin has now climbed to 0.70, the highest since it launched. It moves almost in lockstep with the thing it was supposed to buffer you from.
That's not a market tantrum. It's the product telling you what it actually is.
When the only real asset on Strategy's balance sheet is Bitcoin, every instrument wrapped around it eventually becomes a Bitcoin instrument. The dividend stays funded for now — roughly ten months of cash cover remains. But the "steady income" pitch is gone. STRC holders signed up for a coupon; they got crypto exposure with extra steps.
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