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BTC, is this surrender, or a move towards an even bigger game?
From declaring "never sell BTC" in 2020 to personally stating on the earnings call today that: there is a high probability of selling some BTC to pay dividends. Saylor has been on this path for a full six years.
🔴This statement's significance is not just a change in a position decision, but the first crack in the entire Strategy narrative system.
➤Real financial pressure
Q1 net loss of $12.5 billion, 818,334 BTC with an average cost of $75,537, currently trading below that price. The annualized dividend on STRC preferred shares plus debt interest totals about $1.5 billion, a number that cannot be solved by persistence alone; it must be paid out in real cash every year.
➤Selling for tax savings
Saylor also mentioned another matter: selling BTC can unlock approximately $2.2 billion in tax savings. This number is not forced; it is actively calculated.
Can you imagine, is there a deeper calculation behind this?
🧐Understanding the Strategy's business model
▪️Business logic: issuing stocks and bonds to raise funds, converting the raised money into BTC holdings, using BTC appreciation to support stock premiums.
"Never sell" is the credit foundation of this model because once sales occur, the market will question whether this cycle can continue. But what if the purpose of selling is not to cash out and leave, but to use the tax savings from the sales to free up more capital for financing, and then buy more BTC? $BTC