why $MSTR will never sell Bitcoin (technically), a
2/ Strategy has built something that doesn't really exist anywhere else in capital markets: a variable rate perpetual preferred stock that functions as a continuous BTC acquisition engine
It's called $STRC. And it's moving serious volume.
3/ STRC is a variable-rate perpetual preferred stock. Buy it at ~$100, collect a monthly dividend (currently 11.5% annualized), and Strategy will use the proceeds to buy Bitcoin
The stock is propped up by a dividend of 11.5%, up from 9% at launch
4/ There's alot of trust involved. Strategy has sole discretion over every dividend adjustment. They can abandon the peg entirely if needed
The dividend also requires alot of cash. If MSTR equity ATM can't fill the hole, Strategy may have to use its $2.25B cash reserve
5/ STRC sits inside a capital stack that amounts to a Bitcoin-backed yield curve:
MSTR โ common equity, leveraged BTC proxy
STRK โ 8% fixed preferred, convertible
STRF โ 10% fixed preferred, cumulative
STRD โ 10% non-cumulative preferred
STRC โ 11.5% variable, monthly, price-pegged
6/ We've seen some pretty impressive numbers so far
Week of March 2โ8: ~$377M raised through STRC. Combined with common equity issuance, Strategy acquired 17,994 BTC that week at ~$70,946 avg
March 10: $180M in STRC proceeds in one session โ 567% of daily mined BTC supply
7/ This is a strategic move. STRC lets Strategy raise billions without touching MSTR shareholders' BTC-per-share. The dividend is an operating cost, staying away from equity dilution
In a compressed mNAV environment, preferred issuance is the only accretive path
8/ Remember that reflexivity works in reverse
If BTC drops hard enough to compress mNAV, STRC demand weakens, dividends need to rise to hold the peg, and cash burn accelerates
9/ So far it's working. But it's a system built on confidence, and the controls are entirely one-sided
We're watching for cracks in the form of reduced dividends