Morning Minute: Strategy CEO Says Selling The Bottom Was Correct Move
Strategy sold 6,916 BTC across four tranches from late June through mid-August at a weighted average near $62,200. Last week it bought 4,603 BTC at an average of $80,318. CEO Phong Le went on Bloomberg Crypto on Wednesday and said both were the right call. His argument is that Bitcoin’s price wasn’t the input. The company sold to fund STRC dividends when issuing shares had gotten expensive, and it’s buying now because MSTR trades at a premium again. During the two-month pause it took assets to $72 billion, built roughly $7 billion in dollar reserves, and cut net debt from about $7 billion to zero. A stronger balance sheet makes equity cheaper to issue, which makes buying Bitcoin with it work.