How STRC lost its par: The timeline behind Strategy’s preferred-stock meltdown
From a bond buyback and dwindling cash reserves to a bitcoin bear market, the sequence of events that turned STRC’s par-value challenge into a marketwide debate.
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Strategy’s STRC preferred stock hits a record low below par
The slide has paused the above-par share sales Strategy uses to fund bitcoin purchases, and it is the same stock whose dividends forced the company’s first BTC sale this month.
Saylor blamed AI for bitcoin crash. Arca has one word for that: Nonsense
Arca is blaming Strategy’s sale of 32 BTC for last week’s BTC crash, not AI capital rotation, as Strategy’s Saylor claimed.
Chinese mining CEO says Strategy can survive a $30,000 bitcoin without selling
Jiang Zhuoer of BTC.TOP called the week’s sell-off speculation overblown, arguing Strategy’s small debt and the design of its preferred shares let it keep buying.
Michael Saylor revives bitcoin-buy speculation as scrutiny over Strategy grows
The firm’s executive chairman posted a familiar chart with Strategy’s previous BTC purchases writing “a good time to add more dots.”
Why diehard bitcoin purists aren’t sweating the massive price crash that wiped out $200 billion
Mati Greenspan, Michael Saylor and Jameson Lopp blamed the AI boom for draining capital from bitcoin. Meanwhile, Jack Mallers refrained from sharing an outlook but recommended buying the dip.
Bitcoin isn’t crashing because of Saylor, it’s losing the momentum trade
Bitcoin’s recent weakness reflects a broader rotation into AI, IPOs and other momentum trades rather than concerns about Michael Saylor’s bitcoin sales, according to Charles Schwab’s Jim Ferraioli.
Bitcoin’s dearth of fresh investors matters more than Strategy’s sale, Citi says
Strategy’s bitcoin sale may have rattled markets, but the bigger issue is missing demand from new buyers, Citi said.
Bitcoin’s biggest ETF selloff yet hits $3.4 billion as AI stocks keep climbing
U.S. spot bitcoin funds bled cash for 11 straight sessions through Monday, the longest redemption streak since their 2024 launch, as risk dollars rotated toward an AI-led equities rally.
Strategy sold bitcoin in late May, and told the market in June. Here’s how Polymarket bettors are fighting over when it counts.
A $79 million market hinges not on whether Michael Saylor’s firm sold bitcoin, but on whether a sale disclosed June 1 can count toward a deadline that passed May 31.