Strategy Accumulates 716,000+ BTC Since 2022; STRC Preferred Stock Under Pressure
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.
Michael Saylor disclosed that Strategy has accumulated more than 716,000 BTC since a 2022 balance sheet stress event, with current total holdings of 846,842 BTC valued at approximately $54.3 billion and an unrealized loss of $9.7 billion. Saylor posted cryptic hints on social media signaling another Bitcoin purchase, with analysts separately describing Strategy as having shifted from a Bitcoin leverage tool to a complex capital structure risk asset. Strategy's STRC preferred stock continued to face pressure in the context of the compressed funding channel previously reported.
Strategy: the funding is gone, so where is the money coming from?
His own equity playbook says no new MSTR shares when the stock trades at net asset value. STRC, the preferred stock paying 11.5% annually, has fallen so far below its $100 stated value that the funding channel is effectively closed. Yet Saylor is signalling another buy.
Something has to give. Either he taps the cash reserves — which one analyst called "incredibly reckless" — or the cryptic dots post is a bluff.
The market is watching this closely because there's a harder version of the question underneath: if Strategy buys BTC with cash it needs to service STRC dividends, it's trading the short-term solvency of its financial products against the long-term Bitcoin bet. Those two things were supposed to reinforce each other. Right now they're pulling apart.
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- Strategy holds 846,842 BTC worth $54.3 billion, faces $9.7 billion unrealized loss · en.coin-turk.com · T2
- Just-In: Michael Saylor Hints At Another Bitcoin Buy As US-Iran Deal Gains Momentum · coingape.com · T2
- Michael Saylor Makes Today’s Anticipated Bitcoin Announcement · en.bitcoinsistemi.com · T2
- Saylor Says Strategy Added More Than 716,000 BTC Since 2022 Balance Sheet Stress · newsbtc.com · T2
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