Microstrategy Is Now Cheaper Than The Bitcoin It Owns

What Happened

Traders see a floor worth defending. Big investors see a stock chained to a falling Bitcoin, where a discount today can become a deeper one tomorrow.

The stock itself is valued even lower. A company’s market value equals its share count times its share price, the total investors pay for the whole firm.

In plain terms, an investor could buy the entire company for less than the Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

So the big, repeatable raises that powered the stock have stopped. Strategy still adds small amounts of Bitcoin, and even sold a little this year to cover dividends, but the flywheel has slowed to a trickle.

Market Context

Each raise leaves every existing share backed by more Bitcoin than before, so Bitcoin per share climbs and the price follows. Below the value of its Bitcoin, the loop reverses, because new shares now buy less Bitcoin than each share already holds.

MSTR has possibly carved a double bottom, a pattern where price tests the same floor twice and holds, often before a bounce. The encouraging part is volume.

Selling volume between the two lows has dropped sharply. Lighter selling into a retest suggests sellers are running low, which can clear room for a rebound.

That is the contrast. The same chart that shows a double bottom in price shows steady outflows underneath it. Falling sell volume is not the same as fresh buying.

Because MSTR moves with Bitcoin, the discount can widen if Bitcoin price keeps falling. Buying cheap means little when the asset behind the stock is still dropping.

Options give the clearest read on how the market is positioning MicroStrategy stock, so the section starts there. The put-call ratio compares bearish put bets to bullish call bets.

Why It Matters

Bitcoin correlation explains the outflows. MSTR’s 30-day rolling correlation with Bitcoin sits near 0.75 as of June 23, up from about 0.40 in May, so the stock is gripping Bitcoin’s direction again.

Details

MicroStrategy stock (MSTR) is drawing bullish bets from short-term traders near $104, yet the biggest buyers are sitting it out, wagering the stock can still get cheaper. That split is the whole story.

MicroStrategy Stock Is Now Worth Less Than Its Bitcoin

Strategy bitcoin holdings sit at 847,363 BTC bought for about $64.1 billion, an average near $75,651 per coin. With Bitcoin around $64,000, that stack is worth roughly $54.4 billion, leaving the company underwater by close to $10 billion.

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With about 351.6 million shares near $104, MicroStrategy is worth around $36.5 billion. That sits below the $54.4 billion of Bitcoin it holds, and well under the $64.1 billion it paid.

This discount exists because MSTR stock runs on a simple loop. When the stock trades above the value of its Bitcoin, Strategy sells new shares at that premium and spends the cash on more Bitcoin.

A Double Bottom Forms, But Money Flow Keeps Draining

Money flow tells the opposite story. Chaikin Money Flow (CMF), a gauge of whether big institutional buyers or sellers control a stock, sits at -0.25 and keeps sliding, weaker than in early June when it still held above the zero line.

If big money is selling into a textbook bottom, the reason sits in MSTR’s tie to Bitcoin.

Why Big Money Bets MicroStrategy Stock Gets Cheaper

So large buyers appear to be waiting for Bitcoin to settle before they return, which keeps money flow negative.

With institutions on the sidelines, the bounce rests on faster hands.

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