Strategy's STRC resembles FTX backing its books with its own tokens, and big Wall Street players are likely shorting STRC knowing Saylor will eventually have to sell bitcoin to fund the debts. That would ultimately ruin MSTR holders' trust. x.comÂ
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Strategy's model can run in reverse: over-issuing MSTR to buy bitcoin dilutes holders until MSTR and STRC holders lose confidence and sell, sending both off a cliff in a self-reinforcing spiral, the opposite of how Michael Saylor intended it to work. Saylor reported raising Strategy's USD reserve by $300 million to $1.4 billion to support the credit quality of its preferreds, while buying 520 BTC. x.comÂ
Strategy's STRC preferred was never as safe as a money market fund, and if both STRC and MSTR share dilution fail, the only way left to pay dividends is selling bitcoin. Believing STRC would stay at par forever while paying a junk-like 12% was financial illiteracy; per @betirement, it has now fallen below $90. Strategy says its bitcoin reserve gives it 32 years of dividend coverage. x.com x.comÂ
STRC, the preferred stock tied to Strategy, is a Ponzi-like structure that will be Strategy's downfall unless it is shut down. The structural problem cannot be fixed while it exists, and management's stubbornness risks a massive loss of confidence in Strategy. If Strategy sells bitcoin to cope, lower bitcoin prices could follow in a vicious cycle. As long as STRC exists, believers in bitcoin should just own bitcoin. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Strategy is building kinetic energy by using its STRC preferred as gunpowder to corner the marginal demand for scarce bitcoin, and it seems to be working. The divergence between MSTR and bitcoin since STRC launched on July 30, 2025, highlighted in a post the author replies to, is no surprise: the two securities will never move linearly or in tandem. x.comÂ
Strategy's funding machine is breaking as its STRC preferred trades far below $100 par, threatening a death spiral. STRC pays about 11.5% and lets Strategy buy bitcoin only while near par; at a new low of about $82, issuance stops, yet cash dividends are still due. Cash has fallen from $2.25 billion to about $1 billion, and Strategy sold 32 BTC in late May to cover STRC obligations. Higher payouts mean more bitcoin sales, which hit bitcoin's price and confidence, pushing STRC lower again. x.comÂ
Strategy is in the worst possible position, with Michael Saylor now down $13.7 billion, about 20%, on its bitcoin bet. STRC needs money to be rescued, and selling bitcoin to fund it would hurt both bitcoin and Strategy badly. Only a sudden sharp bitcoin rally looks able to save it. x.comÂ
Strategy is attracting some of the world's largest fund managers because they want Bitcoin exposure. Their buying supports the bullish case for MSTR as a listed vehicle for institutional Bitcoin demand. x.comÂ
Strategy is turning to selling bitcoin to rescue its troubled STRC preferred program, which points toward bankruptcy. It launched a Bitcoin Monetization Program that lets it sell BTC to fund operations, per Watcher.Guru, and the news sent the preferred up 10%, meaning it would sell bitcoin low to support STRC high. x.comÂ
Strategy is a disclosed Ponzi that is now unwinding, with much more downside ahead and an eventual path to zero. As bitcoin-treasury hype fades, raising money to keep the scheme going gets harder, while interest costs keep accumulating on instruments such as its STRC preferred. That liquidity drain is what will take Strategy down. x.comÂ
Daily STRC dividends advance Strategy's Bitcoin financing machine. Shareholders approved the payments, and Strategy's Bitcoin printer is unstoppable. x.comÂ
Strategy is a scam, though a brilliantly executed one, built on bitcoin, which is itself a liquidity decoy. Michael Saylor sold about $496M of MSTR under an equity compensation plan ending in April 2024, around the SEC's Grayscale approval, effectively dumping bitcoin on the masses near $60K. He does not care about "never sell"; he ran a pump and dump in the 1998-2000 bubble and was fined for accounting fraud, but this time is fully legally covered. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ