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2026-07-21 19:48 4d ago
2026-07-21 11:16 4d ago
Twenty One Capital jmenovala Zaguryho novým CEO
BTC Bitcoin STRIKE Strike
CoinGecko News 78
Original source text
Tether International announced on Tuesday that Twenty One Capital has appointed Raphael Zagury as its chief executive, succeeding Jack Mallers, who is leaving the role to focus on Strike, the Bitcoin payments company he founded.

The companies said the transition will be managed through an orderly transfer of responsibilities and confirmed they are no longer proceeding with plans unveiled in April to combine Twenty One Capital, Strike and Elektron Energy. Strike will continue as an independent company.

The abandoned proposal would have created a single Bitcoin-focused company with exposure to mining, payments and capital markets. Mallers had been expected to remain CEO of the combined business, while Zagury was slated to become president.

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The transaction was also expected to increase Twenty One Capital’s Bitcoin holdings by incorporating Strike’s Bitcoin treasury but those plans have now been shelved.

The leadership change comes after Mallers oversaw the creation and public listing of Twenty One Capital, helping establish the firm as one of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holders. Twenty One Capital currently holds 43,514 Bitcoin worth approximately $2.9 billion.

“I’m grateful to everyone at XXI and everyone who believed in what we built,” Mallers stated. “Serving Bitcoiners has always been the mission, and that doesn’t change. Strike is where I carry it forward.”

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank Jack for his vision and leadership in founding Twenty One Capital, and for guiding the company through its business combination and successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2025,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated. “He took conviction in Bitcoin and turned it into a public company, and we’re grateful for that.” 

The company said it will now build on that foundation by expanding into Bitcoin-focused financial services, lending, capital markets products and educational programs, with further details on its strategic direction expected in the coming months.

Zagury, who currently heads the team managing Elektron Energy, has served on Twenty One Capital’s board and will remain a director after assuming the CEO role. His background includes senior positions at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch, as well as leadership roles at fintech lender OpenCo and investment bank One Partners.

“Now that we embark on the next chapter, Rapha is one of the best operators in this industry, with a track record of building businesses with strong cash flows and disciplined execution. He brings exactly the operating standards XXI needs as it enters its next phase of growth,” Ardoino added.

Zagury said his focus will be on applying institutional standards of governance, operational rigor and disciplined capital allocation to maximize the value of the company’s Bitcoin-backed balance sheet.

“Twenty One holds one of the largest Bitcoin balance sheets in the public markets,” Zagury commented on the move. “My job is to build the operating company around it, with the discipline, governance, and executional rigor of an institution. I believe our business will perform best when we also focus on the cash flow we generate and the rigor with which we allocate capital, not only by the Bitcoin we hold.”

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2026-07-21 15:38 4d ago
2026-07-21 12:29 4d ago
Sloučení Twenty One, Strike a Elektron zrušeno
STRIKE Strike USDT Tether
CoinGecko News 78
Original source text
Strike will remain a standalone company after the proposed three-way merger was scrapped, while Twenty One Capital and Elektron continue discussions, Bloomberg reported.

A proposed merger involving Tether-backed crypto companies Twenty One Capital, Strike and Elektron Energy has reportedly been scrapped.

Jack Mallers will step down as CEO of Twenty One Capital while remaining CEO of Strike, according to Bloomberg. Elektron Energy CEO Raphael Zagury has been appointed to succeed Mallers.

Strike will continue operating as a standalone company instead of combining with Twenty One Capital. Discussions between Twenty One and Elektron are continuing, Bloomberg reported. Tether holds majority stakes in both companies.

Twenty One’s (XXI) NYSE-traded shares were little changed in Tuesday’s premarket activity.

As Cointelegraph reported in April, Tether said it planned to vote in favor of a proposed merger between Twenty One Capital and Mallers’ Bitcoin payments company, Strike. The proposal also envisioned merging the combined company with Bitcoin miner Elektron Energy.

Twenty One Capital launched in 2025 with backing from Tether, Cantor Fitzgerald and SoftBank. Tether bought SoftBank’s stake in the company in May.

Twenty One held 43,514 Bitcoin at the time of writing, making it the world’s second-largest corporate BTC holder behind Michael Saylor’s Strategy, according to tracking website BitcoinTreasuries.

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2026-07-08 04:23 18d ago
2026-07-08 02:40 18d ago
Strike spouští Bitcoin úvěr bez margin callů
BTC Bitcoin STRIKE Strike
CoinGecko News 78
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Bitcoin financial services platform Strike has launched a “volatility-proof” Bitcoin-backed loan that eliminates margin calls and forced liquidations amid the depths of a bear market, but only for those who can pay on time and handle a 14% interest rate.

In an announcement on Tuesday, Strike CEO Jack Mallers said the offering came in response to broad customer feedback on Strike’s first Bitcoin loan product, which launched in May 2025 and triggered many liquidations during a timeframe in which Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 54% from peak to trough.

“No margin calls. No price liquidations. No matter how far bitcoin falls, your bitcoin doesn't move,” Strike CEO Jack Mallers said of the new Bitcoin loan product. The trade-off is an expensive interest rate, a shorter six-month loan term, and an obligation to pay on time to avoid liquidation, Mallers said.

Strike’s Jack Mallers is presenting the new Bitcoin-backed loan product. Source: Jack Mallers

The Bitcoin industry has spent the better part of a decade racing to build financial products that expand Bitcoin's use case beyond a savings technology. A report in June from crypto lending platform Ledn, however, found that while 88% of surveyed crypto investors said they would consider a crypto-backed loan, only 14% use them.

Ledn said confidence in crypto-lending products and market volatility are among the main reasons for this 6-to-1 “crypto collateral gap” that has slowed adoption.

Volatility has been one of the biggest obstacles behind that push, with Bitcoin dropping 30% or more in 10 of the past 12 years, while also experiencing a 50% or more drawdown four times since 2014, Mallers noted.

Other crypto market participants offering Bitcoin-backed loans are Binance, Coinbase, Nexo and Xapo Bank.

Strike charges double-digit interestThe maximum initial loan-to-value ratio for the volatility-proof loans is 45%, meaning that a customer who puts up $100,000 in Bitcoin as collateral can borrow up to $45,000, while the annual percentage rate (APR) is also 2.95 percentage points higher than Strike’s standard loan product.

“The secret sauce is that we’re taking the extra charge that we’re giving you guys and we’re putting it on extra hedges in the market to protect all of us.”Strike’s standard Bitcoin loans charge an annual percentage rate between 7.75% and 11.25%, meaning the volatility-proof products could carry interest between 10.7% and 14.2%. 

"If you're OK with a slightly shorter term and a little bit higher of a fee, there is no price move that can liquidate you," Mallers said.

Over the past year, Bitcoin has fallen 54% from its all-time high of $126,080 in October to $58,190 on June 25.

Bitcoin investor Fred Krueger said the loan product "could eliminate one of Bitcoin's biggest structural problems: forced selling during market crashes." 

“Instead of volatility causing automatic liquidations, defaults would be driven by borrowers' inability to service debt rather than by temporary price swings," he said.

“Great product for those who need near-term liquidity and don’t want to risk liquidation,” added Vibes Capital Management executive chairman Rob Topping, though he also acknowledged the 14% APR was expensive. 

Customers must pay up or face consequencesIf a client misses a payment, they have 10 days to make the payment or contact Strike to explain their financial situation, Mallers said.

Failing to pay after that 10-day period may mean Strike starts liquidating their Bitcoin to cover the overdue amount, Mallers warned.

“If we don’t hear from you for a few weeks, then I may have no choice but to sell off some of the Bitcoin because it seems like you’re doing a hit-and-run.”“That’s why we call it ‘volatility-proof,’ not ‘liquidation-proof,’” Mallers added.

The Bitcoin loans are offered in most US states and can be taken out in both personal and business names. They can be used for new loans, refinancing or consolidating.

While the minimum loan amount varies from state to state, the minimum loan offered through personal loans is $10,000, while businesses in certain states can access loans as low as $5,000.

Features: Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI, so why is the hashrate near ATHs?

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2026-07-08 04:17 18d ago
2026-07-08 01:22 18d ago
Tether kryje bitcoinem zajištěné půjčky bez likvidací
BTC Bitcoin STRIKE Strike USDT Tether
CoinGecko News 78
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Strike’s new volatility-proof Bitcoin loans shift price risk from borrowers onto the lender’s capital providers. Tether supplies the $2.1 billion credit facility behind the program and co-designed the loan structure itself. A proposed merger would fold Strike, Twenty One Capital, and miner Elektron Energy into one Tether-linked platform. The combined stack covers every core banking function except the safety net regulated banks carry. The headline this week belongs to Strike. On July 7 the company launched Bitcoin-backed loans with no margin calls and no price liquidations, promising that collateral stays untouched no matter how far Bitcoin falls, as long as borrowers keep paying. Most coverage stopped there. The more consequential story sits one layer down, with the entity actually carrying the risk. A loan that never liquidates on price means somebody holds undercollateralized debt through every drawdown, and that somebody, directly and indirectly, is Tether. The merger proposal from April read as corporate maneuvering at the time. Yesterday’s launch is what it looks like in production: a stablecoin issuer assembling deposits, credit, energy, mining, and capital markets into a working bank for the Bitcoin economy. No banking license. No central bank behind it. No deposit insurance in front of it.

The loan Strike sells, the risk Tether keeps Strike’s volatility-proof structure only works with deep pockets behind it. A borrower posts $100,000 in BTC at the product’s 45% loan-to-value cap and takes $45,000 in cash. If Bitcoin then falls 60% and stays there, the collateral covers about $40,000 against a $45,000 debt. A conventional crypto lender would have sold at 85% LTV. This one waits, holding the shortfall until repayment or maturity.

That patience is a balance-sheet luxury, and the balance sheet providing it is not Strike’s. Jack Mallers announced a $2.1 billion credit facility that he said gives the company capacity to meet demand at any order size, and Tether co-developed the volatility-proof loan structure itself. Even Strike’s proof-of-reserves system, which lets borrowers verify their collateral at a segregated on-chain address, was built with Tether’s help. Strike originates and services. Tether underwrites the tail risk. Traditional finance has a name for this division of labor: the originator model, the same architecture mortgage banks run with their warehouse lenders.

Six of seven banking functions, already in place Take the classic functions of a commercial bank and check them against what Tether now touches. The gaps are few.

Banking function Tether’s version Scale Deposits USDT in circulation Largest stablecoin by supply Lending Own CeFi loan book + Strike credit facility $2.1B facility; top-3 CeFi lender Payments & custody Strike (proposed merger) 95+ countries Reserves / treasury Twenty One Capital BTC treasury Top-tier corporate BTC holder Physical infrastructure Elektron Energy mining (proposed merger) ~50 EH/s, ~5% of network hashrate Capital markets Planned securitization arm Loan-book and mining revenue debt Lender of last resort None – Tether Investments published a proposal to merge Twenty One Capital with Strike and Elektron Energy, a mining operator managing roughly 50 EH/s, about 5% of Bitcoin’s network hashrate, into a single listed platform integrating treasury holdings, mining, financial services, lending, and capital markets. Mallers endorsed it from the stage at Bitcoin 2026. “Simply put, I think it’s a great idea,” he said, adding that his founding goal was always a Bitcoin company rather than a payments app.

Terms and timelines remain undisclosed, but the machinery is moving: in June, Tether designated an additional independent director to XXI’s board to restore the audit committee to SEC and NYSE independence standards, the kind of housekeeping that precedes a transaction, not one that follows a dead deal.

Mallers described an operation built around loan-book securitization, mining revenue securitization, Bitcoin-backed debt, and structured products. Packaging loans into securities and selling them onward is how banks recycle capital and lend beyond their own balance sheets. Nobody in crypto has run that machine at size. A merged Tether-Strike entity would be the first with both the origination volume and the distribution to try.

Three lenders now hold 89% of a market that used to have ten The crypto credit market recovered from 2022 with far fewer players. According to Galaxy Research data, the three largest centralized lenders, Tether among them alongside Galaxy and Ledn, hold combined loan books of $9.9 billion, close to 89% of the CeFi lending market. Tether sits at the top of that group with its own book, and now also funds the most aggressive product structure in the industry through Strike.

The pre-collapse era looked different. Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager, and Genesis competed for the same borrowers, and when they fell, the survivors absorbed the clients and the market kept functioning. The 2026 market has no such redundancy. One dominant creditor now stands behind deposits (USDT), wholesale credit (the Strike facility), and soon, if the merger completes, a meaningful slice of the mining hardware securing the network itself. Bank supervisors have a term for an institution whose failure would cascade through every layer of its system. Crypto has quietly grown one without anyone signing off on the designation.

To be fair to the other side of the ledger: Tether reports billions in annual profit from reserve yields, which gives it more loss-absorbing capacity than any pre-2022 crypto lender ever had. The company can genuinely afford to sit on underwater loans through a bear market. That is exactly what makes the no-liquidation promise credible today. It is also what makes the arrangement fragile in the one scenario that counts. A shock hitting Tether itself, whether from reserves, regulation, or redemption pressure, would now propagate simultaneously into stablecoin markets, the CeFi loan book, Strike’s borrowers, and a mining fleet. Banks carry deposit insurance and central bank liquidity lines for precisely this correlation problem. This structure carries neither.

Ledn and Unchained now need a $2 billion backstop of their own For borrowers, none of this is visible. Loans get approved, Bitcoin stays put, and the plumbing behind the $2.1 billion never surfaces in the app. The market feels it differently. Competing lenders like Ledn and Unchained still run LTV-triggered liquidation models, and matching Strike’s no-liquidation terms would require a capital partner willing to eat drawdowns measured in years, not hours. Few candidates exist. The likely outcome is consolidation around whoever has the largest balance sheet, which is the opposite of what a market still scarred by 2022 says it wants.

Bitcoin’s spot price mechanics change too. Forced liquidations have amplified every major sell-off since 2018 by dumping collateral onto exchanges at the worst possible moment. Loans that never sell on price remove one of those feedback loops. The selling pressure does not vanish; it converts into credit exposure sitting on Tether-linked balance sheets, waiting.

The open question lands on regulators’ desks, not traders’ screens. U.S. stablecoin legislation focused on reserve quality and redemption rights, not on what an issuer’s investment arm does with its profits. Lending billions against volatile collateral through affiliated platforms sits outside that perimeter entirely, and European supervisors under MiCA face the same gap. The proposed merger, which would put Elektron founder Raphael Zagury in the president’s seat of a listed entity combining all these pieces, will eventually force a decision: at what point does the Bitcoin economy’s largest private creditor become subject to something resembling bank supervision, and who moves first, Washington or Brussels?
2026-07-07 23:12 18d ago
2026-07-07 21:17 18d ago
Strike spouští bitcoinové půjčky bez likvidačních spouštěčů
STRIKE Strike
CoinGecko News 78
Original source text
Strike just introduced a lending product that tackles one of the biggest fears in crypto borrowing: waking up to find your collateral has been liquidated because Bitcoin dropped 20% overnight.

The company’s new “volatility-proof” bitcoin-backed term loans, launched on July 7, eliminate all price-based loan-to-value triggers. In English: it doesn’t matter if Bitcoin falls to $30K or $20K or lower. As long as you make your scheduled payments, your bitcoin stays yours. No margin calls, no forced liquidations, no 3 AM panic.

How the product actually works Strike’s new product throws the traditional LTV threshold framework out. The only thing that triggers partial liquidation is missed payments, and even then, borrowers get a 10-day grace period before anything happens.

The trade-offs are real, though. The maximum initial LTV sits at 45%, compared to 50% on Strike’s standard loans. You’re putting up more collateral upfront for the privilege of not losing it later. The term is capped at 6 months, half the 12-month duration available on standard options. And there’s an additional 2.95% APR premium baked in.

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On the fee side, the picture looks cleaner. Zero origination fees. Zero prepayment fees. Zero liquidation fees. That applies to both the volatility-proof and standard loan products.

The loans are available through the Strike app in select US states, with an important caveat: lines of credit are excluded from the volatility-proof option. This is strictly a term loan product.

Why this matters more than it sounds During previous market downturns, cascading liquidations turned manageable price corrections into full-blown crises. Borrowers who posted Bitcoin as collateral watched helplessly as their positions got liquidated at the worst possible moment, selling the bottom and locking in maximum pain. Platforms like Celsius, BlockFi, and Voyager all collapsed in the fallout of the 2022 bear market, and forced liquidations were a significant accelerant.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers framed the product as a fundamental shift in risk management for bitcoin holders, one that prioritizes borrower payment adherence over volatile market conditions. The framing is deliberate: Strike is betting that the lender’s real risk is borrower creditworthiness, not Bitcoin’s Tuesday price action.

The lower 45% LTV threshold is how Strike manages its own exposure. By requiring borrowers to overcollateralize more aggressively upfront, the company creates a larger cushion that can absorb price drops without needing to liquidate.

Strike’s lending ambitions in context This launch doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Strike spent much of 2025 building out its bitcoin-backed lending infrastructure, including establishing partnerships and securing a $2.1 billion credit facility.

At the time of launch, Bitcoin was trading around $63,000, underscoring exactly the kind of volatile environment where liquidation protection becomes most valuable.

For investors considering these loans, the math is straightforward but worth doing carefully. The 45% LTV means posting roughly $2.22 in Bitcoin for every $1 borrowed. Add the 2.95% APR premium on top of whatever the base rate is, and you’re paying a meaningful cost for volatility protection.

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2026-06-30 23:50 25d ago
2026-06-30 15:42 25d ago
Strike získal licenci MiCA pro celou EU
STRIKE Strike
CoinGecko News 78
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Strike just threaded the needle. The Bitcoin-focused payments app, founded by Jack Mallers, announced that its European subsidiary, Zap (Strike) Europe Limited, has received full authorization as a crypto-asset service provider from Malta’s Financial Services Authority. The timing is not subtle: the EU’s MiCA transitional period ends on July 1, 2026, meaning any firm without proper authorization will be forced to stop operating across the bloc.

The MiCA bottleneck The Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation is the EU’s first attempt at building a unified rulebook for crypto service providers across all 27 member states. MiCA covers authorization requirements, consumer protections, and operational conduct standards, replacing the prior system of fragmented national rules.

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Out of more than 1,200 registered crypto entities across the EU and European Economic Area, only around 230 to 244 have actually secured full MiCA authorization as of June 2026. That’s roughly a 20% pass rate. The European Securities and Markets Authority made clear there would be no extensions to the transitional period. July 1 is a hard wall, meaning roughly 1,000 previously registered entities are staring down forced operational wind-downs.

Strike’s authorization through Malta’s MFSA gives it passporting rights across the entire bloc. One license, 27 countries.

Strike’s European play Strike began serving eligible European customers back in April 2024, operating under the pre-MiCA patchwork of national regulations. This new authorization replaces that prior arrangement with a single, standardized credential.

The app specializes in Bitcoin-specific services: buying, selling, and payments, with a particular focus on the Lightning Network for faster, cheaper transactions. Jack Mallers has long positioned Strike as a bridge between traditional finance and Bitcoin’s payment rails, particularly through Lightning Network integration. The European authorization extends that thesis to a market of roughly 450 million people.

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2026-06-25 02:21 1mo ago
2025-07-31 14:44 11mo ago
Strategy představila STRC s roční dividendou 9 % vyplácenou měsíčně
STRD Stride STRIKE Strike
CoinGecko News 78
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On Jul. 21, 2025, Strategy offered yet another perpetual preferred stock. It’s called Stretch. It was introduced less than two months after the launch of another Strategy’s perpetual, Stride. Two other perpetuals are Strike and Strife, launched in January and March, respectively. It’s important to realize how different these stocks are and what their differences are from Strategy’s common stock, MSTR.

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Stretch is the latest of the four preferred stocks issued by Strategy this year It is the first Strategy stock with monthly dividend payouts In the event of a financial shakedown in Strategy, payouts will be sent to bondholders first, then to preferred stockholders, and finally to the common stock (MSTR) owners Stretch, Stride, Strike, and Strife are the preferred stocks launched to facilitate Strategy’s long-term Bitcoin acquisition. The company has ambitious plans to gather $84 billion in two years. Dare bets aim to impress potential investors and attract more capital while creating additional burdens, as the company should pay dividends to the holders of preferred shares.

Preferred stocks usually don’t grant holders voting rights or limit them. Preferred stocks give holders a share in the company and the right to earn from the company’s capital. These stocks are reminiscent of bonds as owners get dividends for the shares held. More than that, in the event of bankruptcy of the company, holders of preferred stock are paid before common stockholders. However, its bondholders have a top priority in such situations.

While some of the investors met the new asset with interest, others saw it as “a stretch.” Critics consider Strategy shares to be risky. The company needs to keep the dividend payments in a precise and timely manner. The more preferred shares the company offers to raise money, the more dividends it must pay. It increases the pressure on its balance sheets that tightly depend on the Bitcoin price.

STRC is a USD pegged security that offers a high yield, backed by the BTC held by MicroStrategy

If you haven't realized yet, this is very similar to when Anchor protocol offered 20% yield on Terra Luna's UST

Steady lads, deploying more ATM sales https://t.co/zoAqlkQsmx

— Pledditor (@Pledditor) July 22, 2025 Stretch Initially, Strategy offered $500 million worth of Stretch (STRC) on Jul. 21, 2025. On Jul. 25, the offering was elevated to $2.5 billion. The company offered around 28 million STRC shares. Timing of the Stretch launch indirectly confirms it as on Jul. 29. Strategy bought 21,021 BTC, spending a whopping $2.46 billion on it.

The new Series A Stretch perpetual stock offers adjustable 9% annual dividend payouts. Dividends are paid once every month. It makes STRC unique as dividends for the rest of the preferred shares are paid out quarterly. The company is adjusting the stock price, aiming to keep the stock’s price around $100. Other features include the at-the-market issuance (meaning that Strategy can always sell more STRC, diluting the asset) and the call option feature.

Stride Stride (STRD) was offered on June 3. Unlike Stretch, Stride is a noncallable perpetual stock. It has an annual 10% dividend paid once in a quarter. Just like STRC and STRK, Stride has an ATM program, and Strategy can always sell more STRD shares.

Just like Stretch these days, the emergence of Stride was met ambiguously as critics were warning about the possibility that Strategy may have to sell its Bitcoin holdings to pay dividends to its shareholders. Some even claimed STRD has “Ponzi vibes” as money raised through MSTR sales may be used to pay dividends to the holders of the preferred stock.

Strike Strike (STRK) was the first of Strategy’s preferred perpetuals with 8% annual dividend payouts. The offering took place in early January 2025 when the company offered 2.5 million STRK shares. Strike shares are convertible. Investors may convert them to Strategy’s common stock, MSTR, at a 10:1 ratio whenever they wish. 

Strife In March 2025, Strategy started selling 8.5 million Strife shares (STRF). STRF shares grant holders 10% annual dividends paid quarterly. The dividend payment may rise, reaching up to 18%. As Strife has no ATM program, Strategy cannot release more STRF shares to the market.

MSTR common stock MSTR common stock appeared long before the Bitcoin pivot of MicroStrategy and even before the creation of Bitcoin itself. The company sold 36 million MSTR back in 1998. MSTR stockholders are partial owners of Strategy. 

Vanguard Group Inc., Capital International Investors, and BlackRock Inc. are the biggest holders of MSTR common stock. They hold between five and 7.8 percent of MSTR.

Who gets compensated first? In the event that Strategy is facing financial problems and has to sell its Bitcoin reserves, the first people to get payments will be Strategy’s bondholders. Then, the payouts will hit the pockets of the preferred stockholders. The seniority of these stocks determines the priority among them. The first ones will be Strife holders, then Stretch holders, Strike holders, and finally Stride holders. The last in line will be MSTR holders. MSTR may have the biggest correlation with BTC prices, but the holders risk more than the holders of the preferred stock. 

Oversimplified. But if MSTR doesn’t take action when the price hits that range, it could cause serious issues.

— Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) December 17, 2024 While Strategy is using a sophisticated system to protect its assets if the BTC price volatility increases, there is a risk that, as soon as weaker Bitcoin treasuries start to go bankrupt, it may cause panic that will end up harming Strategy investors’ well-being as well, so it’s always important to get prepared for possible turbulence beforehand.