Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor says the company’s core purpose is creating financial products backed by Bitcoin (BTC), a business model he compared to a reserve bank. According to him, Bitcoin’s next stage of development should be about building a layered capital market around it. From Digital Gold to Digital Architecture In a June 16 […]
“We have 32 years of dividend coverage through our BTC Reserve,” said Strategy on X on Thursday. In principle, the math works out, as the firm’s Bitcoin treasury is currently worth just below $55 billion, and its dividend obligations are $1.7 billion. In November, Strategy claimed to have 71 years of dividend coverage “assuming the price […]
The past week or so has been nothing short of a bloodbath in the cryptocurrency markets, with bitcoin plummeting to $59,000 on Friday for the first time in 19 months. Aside from losing more than $20,000 in approximately three weeks, BTC’s calamity dragged almost all altcoins. This has intensified the pressure on the largest corporate […]
Strategy’s preferred stock STRC closed Wednesday at $94.65, about 5% below its $100 par value, touching off a wave of alarm on social media. While some critics have aired concern about the sustainability of the structure that has helped fund Strategy’s Bitcoin buying spree, a few supporters argue that STRC’s move down is normal for […]
A Polymarket trader has accused the prediction market platform of unfairly resolving a disputed market tied to Strategy’s first Bitcoin sale in years. The trader claims he lost around $500,000 after betting that the firm had sold BTC before a May 31 deadline – something that was officially confirmed by an SEC filing on June […]
Strategy’s preferred stock STRC is now a larger buyer of Bitcoin (BTC) in peak weeks than every US spot ETF combined. However, unlike ETF flows, it only moves in one direction, and that asymmetry, according to a recent analysis by on-chain researchers at Pine Analytics, is why STRC’s volatility is becoming one of the most […]
Bitcoin advocate Samson Mow has pushed back against criticism that Strategy has betrayed its principles by saying it would sell BTC at some point in the future to pay dividends. In a post published on X on May 7, Mow argued that public companies holding BTC need flexibility to protect shareholders, even if that means […]
Strategy’s MSTR stock snapped a nine-month run of losses in April, climbing 33% as Bitcoin (BTC) rose nearly 12% in the same month, according to data shared by market commentator Mark Harvey on X. The rebound puts fresh attention on whether investors still treat Michael Saylor’s company as a leveraged Bitcoin proxy, even after a […]
Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff held a live audio Space on X earlier today, where he called Strategy’s preferred stock offering, STRC, “an obvious Ponzi scheme” and invited Michael Saylor and others to prove him wrong. The space ran for roughly two hours, with Schiff using most of that time to walk through why he thinks […]
Strategy CEO Phong Le told investors on Thursday that the company’s balance sheet remains stable despite recent crypto market turbulence, though extreme scenarios could pose challenges. The firm, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holder, says it would only need to consider restructuring or additional capital if the cryptocurrency fell to $8,000 and remained there […]