Strategy raises $5.4B but barely buys bitcoin
Strategy sold $5.4B of new stock last quarter but spent just $588M of it on BTC, per its own 10-Q.
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Strategy sold $5.4B of new stock last quarter but spent just $588M of it on BTC, per its own 10-Q.
Read more (2 min) →Strategy’s corporate insiders have sold $29.7 million of MSTR this year ahead of a stock price decline and CFO resignation this week.
Michael Saylor’s Strategy forecasted that it would taper STRC buybacks as the price rose, but then spent $193M on buybacks.
Despite Strategy’s attempts to bring STRC back to par, the perps have stubbornly remained below parity since May 15.
A powerful committee adopted “non-operating company” rules that could remove Strategy from the prestigious MSCI World Index.
Strategy’s USD Cash pile has plummeted 60% from $1.61B in late August to just $640.5M a few days ago.
Strategy has burned through 64% of its $2B STRC rescue fund, leaving less than $724M after 10 weeks of buybacks.
— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Strategy spent recent weeks rebuying 5,553 of the BTC it sold this summer. After selling low and re-buying high, the cost exceeds $100M.
It’s been four months since Strategy’s STRC broke parity and its execs made getting it back to its $100 peg their number one priority.
Strategy’s STRC, which pays twice-monthly dividends on $100/share of par value, fell from parity on May 15 and hasn't returned.