Michael Saylor's strategy sells Bitcoin
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Michael Saylor's big Bitcoin move coincides with a jump in Bitcoin mining stocks.
The Bitcoin treasury giant sold $216 million worth of Bitcoin to cover preferred payouts, as an $8.3 billion quarterly loss piled up.
Amid a rout in Bitcoin, Strategy Inc. made some moves to shore up liquidity.
Distressed-debt funds that snapped up Strategy Inc.’s beaten-down preferred shares are in talks with one of the company’s bankers about swapping them for other securities, pitching it as a win-win as the relentless rout in crypto puts the Bitcoin accumulator in an increasingly tough spot.
The moves are aimed at stemming the loss of confidence in Michael Saylor’s crypto-hoarding company.
Citi Research maintains a Buy rating on Strategy stock while slashing its price target to $136 from $260.
Strategy disclosed a program to sell bitcoin “from time to time” to fund its U.S. dollar reserve and share repurchases.
Cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez drew a parallel on Monday between the recent events surrounding Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and the 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Strategy And FTX: Similarities?
