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The capital markets are repackaging "Bitcoin exposure" into quasi-fixed income products, with Strategy leading the way.
Latest information shows that its perpetual preferred stock Stretch (STRC) continued to maintain an 11.5% dividend yield in May, remaining unchanged for three consecutive months. In April, the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of STRC was about $99.76, close to its $100 face value, indicating a relatively stable price structure.
Strategy's core approach is very clear:
👉 Position STRC as a "high-yield cash substitute," reducing volatility experience through monthly cash distributions.
Meanwhile, the company's common stock MSTR closed at $165 in April, up about 33% for the month, ending an eight-month decline cycle since August 2025. During the same period, Bitcoin rose about 12%, marking its best single-month performance since April 2025.
Behind this data lies a more significant structural change:
Bitcoin is evolving from a "price asset" into a "financial engineering underlying asset."
Even more noteworthy, Strategy is considering adjusting the STRC dividend frequency from "monthly" to "semi-monthly," with the fundamental goal of further smoothing the yield curve and reducing volatility shocks.
What does this mean?
It can be understood in three layers:
1) BTC is no longer just an investment target but a core variable in the balance sheet
2) Derivative securities are beginning to be redesigned around BTC cash flows
3) Volatility is being "financialized" and decomposed through financial products
In other words:
The market is trying to transform "high-volatility assets" into a "yield-generating asset system."
But the key question also arises:
👉 When returns come from BTC volatility, where does stability come from?
This is the core contradiction of the current structure.
Next, two points need close observation:
Whether STRC can continue to maintain price anchoring (stability near face value)
Whether MSTR will continue to have a high correlation and amplification effect with BTC trends
Because once this structure is widely accepted by the market, Bitcoin's pricing model will no longer be just "spot + ETF," but will enter a "yield asset system."
The ongoing market change is not about price rises or falls, but about the restructuring of financial forms.
Follow me to understand how BTC is being "financialized and rewritten" step by step.
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