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) →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.
Strategy’s USD Cash pile has plummeted 60% from $1.61B in late August to just $640.5M a few days ago.
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.
It has been a year since Michael Saylor’s Strategy launched STRC, and the price of MSTR has declined 75% since it started trading.
Strive told shareholders that it was choosing to hold STRC instead of idle cash, a swap that has cost shareholders millions of dollars.
— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Michael Saylor keeps raising cash for STRC holders who've watched him shift his promises, so the discount below par is persisting.
The effective yield of STRC is 14% with a 28% total return on offer, yet it still cannot hold the $100 par value that Strategy intends.