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Strategy doubled the size of its preferred-stock repurchase program to $2 billion Tuesday as Michael Saylor’s Sept. 8 recovery benchmark arrived with STRC still short of its $100 stated value. The board’s decision extends a campaign that was approaching the limits of its original $1 billion authorization after seven weeks of increasingly large purchases. Data […]
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Michael Saylor has roughly one week to orchestrate STRC’s return to its $100 par value by his informal Sept. 8 target, but the financial machinery required to close the final gap is running hot. Despite deploying $635.2 million on aggressive buybacks, Strategy’s preferred security continues to hover around $97. The company has simultaneously restarted its […]
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Strategy has challenged MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” screen by tying it to a regulatory argument MSCI made four years ago in a letter shared on Aug. 31. The Bitcoin treasury company says the new methodology requires MSCI to judge whether Bitcoin belongs inside an operating business. That puts MSCI's 2022 defense to the Securities and […]
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Strategy faces a renewed threat of removal from major MSCI equity indexes under a broader screening proposal that could trigger an estimated $2.8 billion in passive selling. MSCI opened a consultation this month on rules designed to identify “non-operating companies” through their financial statements. The firm noted that applying the proposed methodology to the MSCI […]
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Strategy's latest Bitcoin sale lifted its 2026 disposals to 5,258 BTC, the largest amount it has sold in any year since adopting the asset in 2020, as the company redirects capital toward supporting its preferred securities. The company sold 1,638 BTC for $104.7 million between July 27 and Aug. 2 and issued about 3.01 million […]
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is targeting a September recovery for its STRC preferred stock as the company seeks to revive the financing channel behind its goal of doubling Bitcoin per MSTR share within seven years. The plan follows a second quarter that demonstrated Strategy’s growing exposure to Bitcoin’s price swings. The company reported an […]
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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has begun buying back its STRC preferred stock as the Bitcoin treasury company shifts more capital toward supporting its financing structure. In a July 27 SEC update, Strategy said it purchased 288,930 STRC shares for $25 million between July 20 and July 26, marking the first disclosed use of a $1 billion […]
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Michael Saylor-led Strategy sold another $263.5 million of common stock last week, but the company used the fundraising to expand its cash reserve rather than add to its Bitcoin holdings. According to a July 20 SEC filing, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company issued 2.73 million Class A shares between July 13 and July 19, while […]
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Strategy remains the largest public corporate Bitcoin holder, yet the market is now watching mNAV and funding conditions more closely.

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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) shares rose Monday after the Bitcoin holder moved to reassure investors that it can meet its preferred stock obligations, authorizing up to $2 billion in buybacks and opening the door to Bitcoin sales that could fund dividends, interest payments, and repurchases. The company, led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, announced a new […]
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Strategy approved a digital credit capital framework that could allow up to $1.25 billion in Bitcoin sales for active capital management.

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Grayscale Analyst Outlines Strategy Balance Sheet Pressure Around Bitcoin Holdings: key Strategy Bitcoin holdings context, verified claims, market impact,

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Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings have fallen roughly $12 billion below their purchase cost, placing the company’s capital-raising model under its sharpest pressure since it accelerated its Bitcoin treasury strategy. The company held 847,363 Bitcoin as of June 21, acquired for an aggregate $64.1 billion at an average price of $75,651. With the top crypto recently trading […]
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Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) is discovering that strengthening one part of its increasingly complex balance sheet can expose weaknesses elsewhere. The Bitcoin treasury company spent $1.5 billion in May repurchasing convertible notes, reducing its debt but also draining cash that investors viewed as a backstop for its preferred-stock dividends. Weeks later, its Variable Rate […]
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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) raised $335.5 million by selling common stock last week, then placed almost 90% of the proceeds into cash rather than Bitcoin as the company moved to shore up the preferred securities financing its cryptocurrency purchases. The company sold about 2.71 million MSTR shares between June 15 and June 21 and added $300 […]
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Strategy added 520 BTC and raised its USD reserve to $1.4B, putting balance-sheet discipline back in focus.

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Michael Saylor says Strategy added more than 716,000 BTC after its 2022 balance sheet stress, pointing to a claimed $48B reserve buffer.

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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) added another $100 million of Bitcoin to its balance sheet last week, extending a buying campaign that has made the company the world’s largest corporate holder of the digital asset while sharpening a debate over what its common shareholders actually own. On June 15, Michael Saylor, the company's chairman, said Strategy bought […]
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Strategy sold a small portion of its Bitcoin holdings last week, marking the company’s first disclosed BTC sale since its December 2022 tax-loss harvesting transaction. The sale is notable less for its size than for what it signals: Strategy is now willing to use a sliver of its Bitcoin stack to service the preferred equity structure it has built around its balance sheet. According to a Form 8-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategy sold 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 for roughly $2.5 million. The average sale price was $77,135 per bitcoin, net of fees and expenses. The company said proceeds from the sale are expected to be used to fund distributions on preferred stock. Why Did Strategy Sell Bitcoin? The transaction is the first Bitcoin sale disclosed by Strategy since December 2022, when the company sold 704 BTC for tax-loss harvesting purposes before buying back more bitcoin two days later. That earlier sale was widely framed as a tax maneuver rather than a strategic reduction in exposure. The new sale is different in character: it appears tied to preferred stock obligations rather than portfolio tax management. Related Reading: Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Move 107,760 BTC In A Single Day — Details Strategy’s Bitcoin position remains enormous. As of May 31, the company held 843,706 BTC acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $63.87 billion, implying an average purchase price of $75,699 per bitcoin. Against that position, the 32 BTC sale represents a negligible reduction in headline holdings, but it still breaks a long-running pattern in which Strategy’s Bitcoin disclosures were almost exclusively about accumulation. The filing also shows that Strategy continued using its capital markets machinery during the same period. Between May 26 and May 31, the company sold 801,994 shares of MSTR common stock under its at-the-market program, generating $128.3 million in net proceeds. As of May 31, Strategy listed $26.137 billion of remaining available issuance capacity for MSTR stock, alongside remaining preferred stock issuance capacity of $1.619 billion for STRF, $17.511 billion for STRC, $2.1 billion for STRK and $4.015 billion for STRD. The Bitcoin sale lands against the backdrop of recent comments from Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le, who have both signaled in recent weeks that Strategy could sell BTC under certain circumstances. Saylor, however, has also emphasized that the company expects to buy more bitcoin than it sells, keeping the market focused on whether any isolated sale is offset by larger accumulation. Related Reading: Bitcoin Trend That Has Held For 15 Years Shows When To Expect The Bottom And When $400,000 Will Happen That question remains open for the latest reporting period. On May 31, Saylor posted on X: “Working ₿etter.” The phrase appeared to tease another purchase, consistent with his usual cadence before formal Strategy updates. But no corresponding buy announcement had been made public at press time, leaving investors to wait for confirmation on whether the company bought more BTC than it sold during the period. Strategy also disclosed that its US dollar reserve stood at $900 million as of May 31. The reserve, announced in December 2025, is a management-designated liquidity pool intended to support dividends on preferred stock and interest payments on outstanding debt. That reserve matters because it sits at the center of the company’s newer capital structure: Strategy has layered preferred equity, common stock issuance and Bitcoin holdings into a balance-sheet model that depends on continued access to liquidity. The company’s board declared cash dividends payable on June 30 to holders of record as of June 15. The declared payments include $2.50 per share for STRF, $0.958333333 per share for STRC, €2.50 per share for STRE, $2.00 per share for STRK and $2.50 per share for STRD. Strategy also said the regular dividend rate on its variable-rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, STRC, would remain at 11.50% per annum for monthly periods beginning on or after June 1. At press time, BTC traded at $71,637. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

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Arca CIO Jeff Dorman warned that Strategy’s Bitcoin-heavy balance sheet has entered a more dangerous phase, arguing that the company, Bitcoin holders and its preferred shareholders are now locked in a difficult capital-structure tradeoff. In a May 28 post on X, Dorman said he is “not in Saylor’s inner circle,” but argued that the MSTR story has “gotten so out of hand” that the company’s recent moves now look increasingly hard to reconcile with a stable long-term financing plan. His central concern is not simply Strategy’s Bitcoin exposure, but the layering of preferred equity obligations, cash management decisions and potential pressure to eventually sell BTC if market conditions deteriorate. Arca CIO Warns MSTR Faces Bitcoin Crunch Dorman said Strategy could have avoided much of the current tension by slowing down after its initial Bitcoin accumulation strategy became a dominant part of the company’s identity. “MSTR could have sat and done nothing before they started pumping out $billons of prefs,” he wrote, adding that such a path “would have made MSTR boring” but more stable. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Famous CME Gap Playbook May Be Nearing Its End Instead, Dorman argued, the company’s push into preferred stock appeared to rest on an aggressive assumption that Bitcoin was about to move sharply higher. “The push into these prefs was based on him clearly thinking BTC was about to moon — not sure what he saw to think that,” Dorman wrote, pointing to possible explanations such as the four-year cycle or fund flows. “But that’s the only reason to take that sort of miscalculated risk to screw up his balance sheet so badly — he must have thought BTC was about to fly and he could easily pay the pref dividends with future BTC sales.” The issue, according to Dorman, became more acute once Bitcoin began falling. He said the market grew nervous because Strategy’s roughly $15 billion in preferreds carry about $1.5 billion in annual dividends. In response, Dorman said the company raised $2 billion in cash through stock issuance, a move he characterized as a way to reduce near-term default concerns and buy “almost 2 years of runway” to cover dividends. Dorman called that cash raise a “smart move,” but said the subsequent decision to use the buffer to repurchase 2029 maturity bonds was difficult to understand. “But then for some unknown reason, he decides to take that cash buffer and buyback 2029 maturity bonds instead of using it to fund the annual dividends,” he wrote. “This is a baffling decision for a company with cash flow problems. Why pay off 0% coupon debt with the only cash you have?” The bond buyback may be mildly accretive because it was done at a discount, Dorman acknowledged. Still, his point was that the company appeared to be spending scarce liquidity on long-dated, zero-coupon debt while its preferred dividend burden remained the more immediate constraint. Dorman also left room for the possibility that Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has another capital-markets maneuver in mind. “The only bull case is that underestimating Saylor’s capital markets chicanery has been a losing proposition for years. Maybe there was a plan?” he wrote. Related Reading: Cathie Wood Doubles Down On $1.25 Million Bitcoin Target One possibility, Dorman said, is that the company could refinance the converts with new longer-dated convertibles, though he noted that Saylor has “sworn off converts,” making that outcome less likely in his view. Another possibility is selling Bitcoin to fund preferred dividends, but Dorman framed that as a potentially negative outcome for both MSTR and BTC if it comes during a sharper market decline. Asked by one X user what the way out is, Dorman gave two basic scenarios. “Sell BTC to pay the prefs — bad for MSTR, bad for BTC, good for STRC,” he wrote. “Stop paying the dividend on the prefs — good for BTC, good for MSTR, bad for STRC. Those are basically the only answers at this point.” Dorman also said neither he nor Arca is short MSTR, after another user asked whether his firm had a bearish position. His conclusion was stark: this is the first time MSTR, Bitcoin and preferred holders are “really in bind.” In Dorman’s view, the next several months could force a choice between preserving liquidity, protecting Bitcoin exposure and keeping preferred shareholders whole, a choice that may leave at least one stakeholder group absorbing serious pain. At press time, BTC traded at $73,408. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

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Strategy—formerly known as MicroStrategy—could meaningfully accelerate its Bitcoin-buying pace this year, according to analysts at JPMorgan.  The firm, led by well-known Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor, is already one of the largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies, and JPMorgan believes its next move may be a larger, faster round of acquisitions. Strategy Could Outpace Past Bitcoin Buying Strategy currently holds more than 818,000 Bitcoin, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net. Purchases have been active throughout 2026: the company reportedly added over 145,000 BTC in just five months, which is estimated at roughly $11 billion.  JPMorgan analysts, however, said that amount could rise substantially. Under their view, Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases this year could reach $30 billion over the course of the year. At today’s implied annualized pace, that would put 2026 purchases far above the roughly $22 billion acquired across 2024 and 2025 combined. Related Reading: VanEck Forecast: Bitcoin Could Climb To $1,000,000 By 2031, Research Head Says JPMorgan pointed to a change in momentum in April, saying Strategy “appears to have re-accelerated its bitcoin purchases.” The analysts tied the behavior to what they described as an increasingly opportunistic buying pattern. The optimism around Strategy’s plan also showed up in analyst price targets. On Thursday, TD Cowen raised its target price for the company’s stock, MSTR, from $385 to $395.  As of the time of writing, MSTR closed at $179, translating to an 18% gain since the beginning of the year. If TD Cowen’s forecast were to play out, the implied move would represent about a 120% jump from current levels. Net Loss Vs. Big Forecast Analysts also highlighted the financing approach by Strategy behind the acquisitions. They say the firm’s increased use of STRC (variable-rate perpetual preferred stock) to fund Bitcoin purchases could improve capital efficiency, making it more attractive relative to prevailing market pricing. Still, the company’s latest financial picture includes major losses. Strategy reported a net loss of $12.54 billion for the quarter, driven largely by an unrealized decline in Bitcoin fair value of $14.46 billion. Related Reading: This New Move Just Opened XRP To 44 Million New Users Looking ahead, the base case and scenarios for Strategy reflect a bullish outlook. The firm’s base case is that Bitcoin could reach approximately $140,000 by the end of 2026, with an upside scenario of about $175,000.  Separately, Joseph Vafi at Canaccord Genuity reiterated a Buy rating on May 7, lifting his MSTR price target from $185 to $224. Canaccord noted that since Bitcoin has rebounded—moving up from its roughly $62,000 low to more than $80,000—Strategy has continued to “weather another perceived storm. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

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Strategy, the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) holder, released its first-quarter (Q1) financial results on Tuesday, and the headline number was stark: more than $12 billion in losses.  Strategy Q1 Financial Snapshot In its report, the company said its operating loss for Q1 2026 totaled $14.47 billion, compared with $5.92 billion in Q1 2025. Strategy also broke out the main driver of that operating loss, stating that Q1 2026 operating loss included an unrealized loss on the company’s digital assets of $14.46 billion.  Related Reading: XRP Near $1.40—What Could Spark A Move To $1.70, And How The CLARITY Act Fits In Strategy’s net loss for the first quarter of 2026 came in at $12.54 billion, or $38.25 per common share on a diluted basis. That compared with a net loss of $4.22 billion, or $16.49 per common share on a diluted basis, in the prior-year quarter.  The company also provided an update on liquidity. As of March 31, 2026, Strategy reported cash and cash equivalents of $2.21 billion, compared with $2.30 billion as of December 31, 2025.  On the revenue side, Strategy recorded total revenues of $124.3 million in Q1 2026, up from $111.1 million in Q1 2025—an increase of 11.9% year over year.  Bitcoin Numbers Disclosed Strategy also included a Bitcoin performance snapshot. Through 2026 year-to-date, the company reported a BTC yield of 9.4%. It also reported a BTC dollar gain of $4.97 billion for 2026 year-to-date.  As of May 3, 2026, Strategy said its digital assets were comprised of approximately 818,334 Bitcoin. The company reported an original cost basis and market value of $61.81 billion and $64.14 billion, respectively.  Related Reading: DTCC Tokenized Securities Roadmap: Pilot In July, Scale Up In October—With Big Names Like Ripple For Strategy, that translates to an average cost per Bitcoin of approximately $75,537 and an average market price per Bitcoin of approximately $78,374 as of May 1, 2026. On Tuesday, Strategy’s stock, which trades under the ticker name MSTR, closed the trading session at $186, marking a 3% increase for the day, as Bitcoin surpassed the $81,000 mark.  Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

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The premier bitcoin treasury company said strong demand for STRC helped it raise $5.58 billion out of a total $11.68 billion so far this year.

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Strategy is one of the most aggressively promoted stocks on Wall Street, with a consensus “Strong Buy” rating and an average analyst price target that implies a 155% upside from recent prices. That's nearly double the implied upside for any other large-cap name in America. It's also, by a wide margin, the single largest issuer […]
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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is claiming its aggressive Bitcoin purchases have yielded a nearly $2 billion gain this year despite the top asset's clear price struggles. However, a close look at the enterprise software company's legally binding regulatory filings tells a much redder story: under standard accounting rules, the firm is nursing a multi-billion dollar unrealized […]
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With Bitcoin trading near $69,000, Strategy is sitting on an unrealized loss on its large cryptocurrency holdings, yet the company’s founder shows no sign of pulling back. Related Reading: Bitcoin ETFs Gaining Ground, Could Soon Surpass Gold—Analyst Saylor’s Orange Dot Returns Michael Saylor posted what followers recognized immediately: the orange dot chart his company uses to signal a fresh round of Bitcoin buying. The post, shared on X over the weekend, came with a simple caption — “back to work” — after Strategy sat out the previous week without making a single purchase. The company is expected to confirm the exact amount acquired when it releases its weekly disclosure on Monday. Strategy, which rebranded from MicroStrategy, now holds 762,099 Bitcoin. At current prices, those coins are worth just close to $51 billion. The company paid an average of $75,699 per coin, meaning the current market price leaves it underwater by about 11%. ₿ack to Work. pic.twitter.com/mbZTWiNUct — Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 5, 2026 Dilution Risk Shadows The Bitcoin Bet To keep buying, Strategy relies on selling shares — both common stock and preferred shares — to raise cash. Reports indicate the company still has billions of dollars in at-the-money share offerings available. One preferred share program, known as STRC, recently pulled in enough funds to purchase more than 1,800 Bitcoin on its own. But the math is getting harder to ignore. Strategy’s net asset value premium has slipped below 1, which means the market is no longer valuing the stock above the worth of the Bitcoin it actually holds. When that premium disappears, the case for buying the stock instead of Bitcoin directly becomes harder to make. Continued share sales chip away at existing shareholders by increasing the total number of shares in circulation. If Bitcoin were to climb back to its record high of $126,300, the company’s current stash would be worth more than $96 billion — a number that makes the dilution argument easier to stomach for believers in the trade. Related Reading: XRP Eyes $8.30 Target As Rare Chart Pattern Emerges From Prolonged Decline Stock Chart Flashes Warning Signs The technical picture for MSTR is grim by most standard measures. The stock traded at $120 at the end of last week, down from an all-time high of $542. It has broken below a key support level at $2320 — a floor it held as recently as March of last year. A death cross has formed on the chart, with the 50-day moving average crossing beneath the 200-day moving average. The stock has also stayed below its Supertrend indicator since August, a pattern that signals a sustained downward trend under conventional technical analysis. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

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Strategy has relied on a mix of common and preferred stock issuance for flexibility to tap whichever investor base is most receptive.

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Strategy has once again strengthened its aggressive digital asset vault, adding another billion-dollar allocation of Bitcoin to its growing treasury. The move reinforces the company’s long-standing belief that BTC represents the most reliable store of value in the digital era, positioning Strategy even further ahead as the largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency. What Strategy’s Latest Purchase Means For The Capital Market According to analyst Adam Livingston’s post on X, Bitcoin advocate and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor of Strategy (MSTR) has released its latest Form 8-K, confirming another massive expansion of its BTC standard. Meanwhile, the BTC bears are currently consolidating around the market. Related Reading: Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Now $3.35 Billion In The Red As Saylor Tells Investors To Wait This week, Strategy has intensified its aggressive accumulation strategy after revealing in a new filing that it raised more than $1.5 billion and used the capital to purchase 22,337 additional BTC. The latest acquisition pushes the company’s total BTC holding to approximately 761,068 BTC, reinforcing Strategy’s position as the largest corporate holder of the digital asset. Livingston argues that the balance sheet got heavier, the funding engine got smarter, and the anti-MSRT commentariat got hit with another folding chair made of SEC fillings. In the video shared by Livingston, the expert explains why Strategy’s latest move is viewed as overwhelmingly bullish for its long-term outlook. Furthermore, Livingston shared insight on how STRC is becoming a game-changer for common shareholders by offering a more efficient way for Strategy to raise capital and expand its BTC holdings without relying on traditional methods.  The analysis also addresses ongoing criticism around dilution, which many bearish takes fail to account for the underlying mathematics of Strategy’s model. The company is evolving into a powerful BTC accumulation vehicle that is systematically absorbing liquidity from the market and positioning itself as a dominant force in the digital asset space. Why Cross-Margining Is A Game-Changer For Hedge Funds The recent regulatory developments are marking a significant shift in how Bitcoin is being integrated into traditional finance. Crypto analyst MartyParty revealed that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), alongside institutions like the Options Clearing Corporation, has advanced rules via filings that allow cross-margining using BTC ETF holdings as collateral. Related Reading: US Bitcoin ETFs Hit 5-Day Inflow Streak For First Time In 2026 These changes allow hedge funds and institutional investors to use holdings in spot BTC ETFs such as IBIT and FBTC as collateral for equity options trading and other margin requirements. MartyParty highlighted that this development builds on earlier milestones, such as the approval of options BTC ETFs in 2024, including the ongoing expansion.  Together, these developments reduce friction for institutions, making it easier to integrate BTC into broader portfolios without liquidation or segregating assets. The broader implication is a maturing financial ecosystem where BTC is increasingly treated as a legitimate collateral asset in TradFi, boosting liquidity and efficiency for large players. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com

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Strategy has found a new gear in its Bitcoin accumulation engine, and its STRC preferred stock equity is doing a growing share of the driving. The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, held 738,731 BTC as of March 8, up from 672,500 at the end of 2025. This represents an addition of 66,231 coins in 68 […]
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Saylor says Strategy is shifting from promoting corporate bitcoin balance sheet adoption to marketing STRC as its core funding vehicle.