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Early Uber Investor: Bitcoin Has Strategy Problem - U.Today
"The challenge for $BTC is that one person is causing chaos ($MSTR), while retail is more interested in bets on world-changing products (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic)," Calacanis wrote on X.
A major problem
Calacanis has become one of the most vocal critics of Strategy's Bitcoin-centric corporate model. His argument is not that Bitcoin itself is fundamentally flawed, but that Strategy has become so dominant that it distorts the market narrative.
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The company has transformed itself into what it calls a "Bitcoin treasury company," financing ever-larger BTC purchases through repeated equity offerings, convertible debt, and preferred stock issuance. As a result, Strategy has become the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, and its stock is widely viewed as a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin.
Strategy increasingly dominates institutional discussions about Bitcoin. Meanwhile, MSTR often attracts speculative capital that might otherwise flow directly into spot BTC or Bitcoin ETFs.
Calacanis has long been skeptical
Calacanis has expressed doubts about Bitcoin for years, despite investing early in numerous technology companies.
In 2022, following the collapse of FTX, he argued that much of the crypto industry had become dominated by speculation and poor governance, calling for stronger regulation while distinguishing between blockchain technology and speculative tokens.
More recently, he has repeatedly criticized Strategy's financing model. During previous market selloffs, he urged investors to "sell MSTR and buy bitcoin directly," describing the company's structure as resembling a "stunning pyramid scheme."