Saylor Says Bitcoin Sales Are Necessary for Strategy’s Digital Credit Business

Saylor Says Bitcoin Sales Are Necessary for Strategy’s Digital Credit Business

The Strategy chairman argued that Bitcoin treasury companies must be willing to sell holdings to support credit products backed by their Bitcoin reserves.

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Michael Saylor has defended Strategy’s decision to sell Bitcoin (BTC) earlier this month amid growing backlash from the community.

Saylor Defends Strategy’s Bitcoin Sale as Key to Digital Credit

Why Did Strategy Sell Bitcoin? Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, defended the company’s recent Bitcoin sale, arguing that Bitcoin treasury companies must retain the ability to sell holdings when needed to support credit products backed by their balance sheets. Strategy disclosed the sale of 32 BTC in a June 1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking its first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022. The move drew a…

Strategy CEO Addresses Bitcoin Sale Concerns, Says Forced BTC Sell-Off Is Unlikely

Strategy CEO Phong Le has addressed growing concerns about whether the company could eventually be forced to sell its massive Bitcoin holdings, while also defending the firms recent sale of 32 BTC. Speaking in an interview with crypto analyst Scott Melker, Le explained that the most realistic scenario in which Strategy might need to sell Bitcoin would involve its financial obligations tied to approximately $3.5 billion in preferred securities ma…

Saylor: Strategy’s Digital Credit Plan Requires Bitcoin Sales

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, has defended the company’s first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022, arguing that the ability to sell BTC when necessary is integral to issuing “digital credit” products. The comments come as Strategy continues to frame Bitcoin not just as a treasury asset, but as the backing for securities designed to generate yield. In a June 1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategy discl…

Bitcoin Cannot Be Killed by Saylor's Strategy or Any Single Entity: Alden

The author of Broken Money and The Stolguard Incident, Lyn Alden, has taken to X to defend BTC amid the recent drama that stemmed from Strategy’s decision to sell a tiny portion of its crypto holdings for the first time in about four years. Other popular names that defended the asset include Samson Mow, who believes corporations such as Strategy are free to buy because BTC was “designed for this.” It Wasn’t Meant to Be The Michael Saylor-founded…