Strategy Weighs Selling Bitcoin to Fund Dividends Amid Q1 Net Loss
Strategy said it will more actively manage bitcoin holdings and may sell coins to pay debt or support buybacks after posting a $12.5 billion first-quarter loss.
- On Tuesday, Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor announced the company may sell a portion of its Bitcoin holdings to fund dividend payments, reversing its longstanding "never sell" strategy.
- The company faces roughly $1.5 billion in annual dividend and debt obligations; Strategy posted a $12.5 billion net loss in Q1 as Bitcoin's price slump impacted mark-to-market accounting.
- CEO Phong Le said the firm will "consider" selling Bitcoin if it proves "accretive to bitcoin per share," signaling a shift toward active balance sheet management rather than passive stockpiling.
- MSTR shares dropped over 4% in after-hours trading following the announcement, as the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder signaled it would no longer rely solely on issuing debt.
- Saylor compared the firm to a "bitcoin development company," arguing that selling assets to pay interest is standard practice in real estate and does not prove the underlying business model fails.
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Bitcoin tops $81,000 as Strategy mulls selling BTC to fund dividend obligations
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor signalling a potential bitcoin sale to cover $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations sent MSTR down 4% after hours and BTC briefly below $81,000.
Strategy, the company that turned the accumulation of bitcoin into its raison d’être, is reconsidering its most sacred principle: never to sell. Michael Saylor, its executive president and chief evangelist of this philosophy, admitted yesterday that the company could divest itself from its bitcoin treasure to ‘inoculate the market’, according to the quarterly results presented to the SEC. A twist as symbolic as unexpected that comes after the fi…
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