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Strategy (MSTR) Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Four Preferred Stocks

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Strategy (MSTR) Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Four Preferred Stocks

Strategy shareholders have approved the Daily Dividends amendment, the company announced Wednesday. Preliminary results show 99.3% of votes cast were in favor, according to Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.

The amendment allows STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD to accrue dividends every calendar day, including weekends and holidays.

The proposal surfaced on September 25, when the company asked holders to attend a special meeting on October 28. Strategy said the change “would reduce reinvestment lag, enhance liquidity and market efficiency, and increase price stability.”

At the time Strategy said that they “believe these enhancements can also benefit our common stockholders by increasing the attractiveness and utility of our Digital Credit instruments, supporting our ability to access preferred equity capital efficiently and expanding the capital markets toolkit we use to execute our Bitcoin Treasury strategy.

Under the approved structure, dividends accrue every day but are paid on the next business day. Strategy has said scheduled dividend rates and total dividend obligations remain unchanged. The company has argued the change could benefit common stockholders by making its Digital Credit instruments easier to use and easier to fund.

The timing depends on board action. If the board approves the change and required filings are completed, the first STRC record and payment dates would fall on November 1 and 2, 2026. For STRF, STRK and STRD, the first record and payment dates would be January 1 and 4, 2027. Those dates also depend on operational readiness.

STRC pays a variable rate that the company can change at its discretion. Its rate for the month ended June 30, 2026 was 11.50%, according to Strategy’s quarterly report. Shareholders approved moving STRC to semi-monthly payments in June, and the new amendment builds on that precedent.

In short, STRC is designed to help Strategy raise money from investors through a preferred stock offering targeting a stable $100 price and a variable dividend yield, then use that capital to continuously buy Bitcoin regardless of its short-term price movements. This creates a potential global dollar-cost-averaging machine for Bitcoin.

Final vote certification will come in a company filing. Board action remains the final step before any new payment schedule begins.

Strategy’s bitcoin moves this year 

The vote comes after bitcoin fell into somewhat of a bear market. Strategy slowed its bitcoin purchases this year and sold some holdings to fund preferred dividends, interest payments and repurchases. 

The company’s common stock, MSTR, is down near 50% over the past year, though it has risen by a figure approaching 1,000% since Strategy began buying bitcoin in 2020.

Earlier this week, Strategy said they paused Bitcoin purchases for the prior week and maintained its holdings at 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average price of $75,446 per Bitcoin. 

The company spent $204.9 million repurchasing STRC preferred stock while retaining a $4.83 billion cash reserve. 

Fellow bitcoin-treasury company Strive pays cash dividends on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA) every business day. This started on June 16, after moving from monthly payments. 

This post Strategy (MSTR) Shareholders Approve Daily Dividends on Four Preferred Stocks first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

Strategy (MSTR) Pauses Bitcoin Buying and Spends $205 Million on Preferred Stock

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Strategy (MSTR) Pauses Bitcoin Buying and Spends $205 Million on Preferred Stock

Strategy reported no bitcoin purchases or sales during the week of October 19 through 25. The company continues to hold 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average price of $75,446 per bitcoin. 

Its cash went toward repurchasing $204.9 million of STRC preferred stock, and the firm kept a $4.83 billion cash reserve, according to a company release. 

Michael Saylor’s company built its treasury into the largest corporate bitcoin holdings in the world through stock sales and convertible debt, using the proceeds to buy coins. That pattern has changed somewhat this year. The company has paused purchases several times and directed money toward buybacks of its preferred shares.

The company has had stints of pauses, from a week when the company halted its bitcoin buys to a stretch in which it sold bitcoin after five weeks without buying.

In September, the company repurchased $176 million of STRC in one week and expanded its digital credit securities repurchase program from $1 billion to $2 billion.

Strategy’s preferred dividend

STRC is a preferred stock with a variable dividend, designed to trade near its $100 face value. When the shares fall below that level, as they have during recent market swings, buying them back shrinks the preferred claim. Retiring $100 of stated value for $86.52 cuts the claim by a larger amount than the cash spent, which lifts net bitcoin per share.

Bitcoin traded near $80,000 on Monday, October 26, after slipping below that level in early Asian hours. A weekend selloff pushed the price to the low $79,000’s, a level not seen in over a month.

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Strategy’s average cost of $75,446 sits below that price, so the company’s holdings show a paper gain of around $3.9 billion. The $4.83 billion reserve covers preferred dividends and debt interest, according to company reporting. 

Strategy’s buyback capacity depends on preferred stock trading below par and on cash from common stock sales, a funding mix that has shifted toward stock sales this year. 

The company has offered no timetable for resuming bitcoin buys.

This post Strategy (MSTR) Pauses Bitcoin Buying and Spends $205 Million on Preferred Stock first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

Bitcoin Treasury Analyst: MSTR, ASST & Metaplanet Digital Credit Outlook


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Bitcoin Treasury Analyst: MSTR, ASST & Metaplanet Digital Credit Outlook

Metaplanet couldn’t make preferreds work in Japan, so it took over a U.S. company to issue them here. Allard Peng explains what that unlocks: access to the same capital pool Strategy and Strive are competing for, where STRC was one of the biggest IPOs of 2025 and it was a preferred stock. He also addresses what still needs clarity about how Metaplanet supports its U.S. subsidiary, and why the move could be accretive to common shareholders.

Chapters:
0:00 Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $1 Billion in Three Sessions While Price Stalls Under $85K
1:28 Why Bitcoin Treasury Preferreds Crashed in June: Leveraged Looping Unwinds
3:51 The Traders Holding Preferreds Below Par and What Gets Them Back
5:28 Strive’s Fixed 15% Junior Pref vs. Variable-Rate SATA
7:37 How a Preferred Trading Above Par Adds to Net Bitcoin Per Share
10:49 What Has to Happen Before a Company Buys Its First Bitcoin
12:22 When Issuing a Preferred Below Par Still Makes Sense
14:52 Metaplanet’s U.S. Listing and the Capital Pool Strategy and Strive Compete For
18:08 Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX’s Bitcoin, and Why Money Won’t Become Irrelevant
21:12 Should Small Businesses Hold Bitcoin?

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

This post Bitcoin Treasury Analyst: MSTR, ASST & Metaplanet Digital Credit Outlook first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.

Strategy Keeps Buying: Third Purchase This Month Brings October Spending to $73 Million

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Strategy Keeps Buying: Third Purchase This Month Brings October Spending to $73 Million

The largest corporate holder of bitcoin, Strategy, bought another 267 BTC last week, bringing its holdings to 848,517 digital coins — worth $69.5 billion at today’s prices. 

According to a Monday filing, the software company said it spent slightly more than $22 million on buying the new bitcoins. 

The latest buy allowed Strategy to snap up slightly more coins than its transaction the previous week, when it spent again $22 million on 250 BTC. So far in October, Strategy has spent $73 million on buying bitcoin. 

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Michael Saylor's Strategy buys 267 BTC worth $22 million 🚀 pic.twitter.com/16yaYZikHw

— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) October 19, 2026

Strategy stock (NASDAQ: MSTR) was trading nearly 2% higher Monday morning New York time at about $139 per share. Over the past month, MSTR has dropped by 17%. Year-to-date, it’s down 11%. 

Monday’s filing also shows that Strategy also repurchased $193.1 million of its STRC preferred stock. 

Strategy has bought back its stock this year as its STRC preferred shares have traded below their $100 face value due to market volatility and index changes.

Strategy — formerly MicroStrategy — started buying Bitcoin in August 2020 as a way to generate better returns for its shareholders. 

It has since spent around $64 billion on BTC, making it the largest corporate holder of the asset. Investors can buy its shares to gain exposure to the leading cryptocurrency without having to buy bitcoin themselves. 

The company is now also focusing on products that pay investors yield via its STRF, STRC, STRK, and STRD preferred shares. 

Strategy could face trouble soon though after Morgan Stanley Capital International last week said it was moving ahead with a proposal “to define and classify non-operating companies as ineligible for inclusion in the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes.” 

Such a move could eventually remove Strategy from the index, leading to fewer institutional investors holding the stock. 

This post Strategy Keeps Buying: Third Purchase This Month Brings October Spending to $73 Million first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.

Fundstrat Analyst Sean Farrell: Bitcoin to $100k by Year End + MSTR MSCI Exclusion

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Fundstrat Analyst Sean Farrell: Bitcoin to $100k by Year End + MSTR MSCI Exclusion

Where is Bitcoin headed by year-end? Fundstrat’s head of digital asset strategy, Sean Farrell, says he’s constructive. He doesn’t expect new all-time highs this year, but he sees 95K–100K as possible before year-end. He explains how bond volatility is spilling into equities, why the near term is murky, and why the bigger regime shift still favors Bitcoin.

Chapters:
0:00 – MSCI’s Decision on Excluding Bitcoin Treasury Companies
0:36 – Why Sean Farrell Expects Exclusion but Sees Limited Impact on Strategy
1:43 – Exclusion vs. Inclusion: Upside Catalyst or Nothing Burger?
2:28 – Why the Downside Is Priced In and What Could Spark Upside
3:17 – How MSCI Exclusion Could Affect STRC’s Return to Par
4:09 – Strategy’s $1.5B STRC Buyback and the Daily Dividend Vote
5:40 – Reading Today’s Selloff and Reversal in Bitcoin Treasury Stocks
6:20 – Why the Macro Regime Is “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” for Bitcoin
7:16 – Treasury Buying, Financial Repression and Rising Liquidity
8:43 – Sean Farrell’s Bitcoin Outlook: $95K to $100K by Year-End

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

This post Fundstrat Analyst Sean Farrell: Bitcoin to $100k by Year End + MSTR MSCI Exclusion first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.

Blue Coin Capital CIO: MSTR’S BTC Buying Engine is About to IGNITE | Mike Treidl

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Blue Coin Capital CIO: MSTR’S BTC Buying Engine is About to IGNITE | Mike Treidl

Bitcoin treasury companies have moved from convertible bonds to perpetual preferred equity, and Mike Treidl explains why. He breaks down how preferreds let issuers like Strategy defer payments without defaulting, and why preferreds returning to par could give Strategy a second engine for buying Bitcoin. He also explains how sats per share and leverage without margin calls add value beyond holding Bitcoin directly.

Chapters:
0:00 – Mike Treidl on Bitcoin’s Rebound to $83K
0:50 – From Morgan Stanley to Blue Coin Capital: Bridging Wall Street and Bitcoin
1:49 – Risk Budget First: How to Size a Bitcoin Allocation
4:11 – Seller Exhaustion and Bitcoin Treasury Companies
5:27 – Why Treasury Companies Moved From Convertibles to Preferreds
6:47 – What Strategy’s Preferreds Returning to Par Means for Bitcoin
8:13 – Sats Per Share: Leverage Without Margin Calls
9:11 – Pensions, Endowments and the Next Wave of Institutional Adoption
11:23 – Blue Coin’s BarclayHedge Ranking and Buying STRC Below Par
12:30 – Bitcoin’s Biggest Opportunities and Risks Over the Next Two Years

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

This post Blue Coin Capital CIO: MSTR’S BTC Buying Engine is About to IGNITE | Mike Treidl first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.

Strategy Smash Buys $21.5M in BTC as It Continues Bitcoin Accumulation

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Strategy Smash Buys $21.5M in BTC as It Continues Bitcoin Accumulation

Bitcoin juggernaut Strategy has bought more BTC as it pivots back to accumulating on a weekly basis. 

The Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury spent $21.5 million on 250 bitcoins from October 5 and October 11, according to a Monday filing. 

It added that it also spent $192.4 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock. 

Strategy has acquired 250 $BTC and repurchased $192M of $STRC. As of 10/11/26, we hold 848,250 BTC and $5.5B of USD Assets. $MSTR https://t.co/hhxR6N95mq

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) October 12, 2026

Strategy now holds 848,250 bitcoins worth $70.2 billion at today’s prices. Its stock (MSTR) on Monday was trading nearly 2% higher. 

The company — formerly MicroStrategy — has spent the past four weeks buying bitcoins after months of more sporadic buys or sometimes halting purchases for months altogether in order to build a bigger cash buffer. 

Monday’s filing also shows that the company bought last week’s bitcoin using net proceeds from MSTR Stock sales with its USD Cash buffer. Strategy has two cash reserves: “USD Reserve”, used to support the payment of dividends on the company’s preferred stock offerings and interest on its outstanding indebtedness, and “USD Cash”, which it uses to buy bitcoin. 

It first bought the cryptocurrency in 2020 to protect its shareholders from inflation. Since then, it has aggressively bought the asset and pivoted to being a bitcoin treasury. 

Investors can now buy its shares to get heightened exposure to the cryptocurrency, or get paid a yield via its digital credit products. 

The company is now focusing on products that pay investors yield via its STRF, STRC, STRK, and STRD preferred shares. 

Its Nasdaq-listed stock is down over 50% over the past year after the price of bitcoin took a hit. 

But since the company started buying bitcoin in August 2020, MSTR has appreciated by nearly 1,000%. 

This post Strategy Smash Buys $21.5M in BTC as It Continues Bitcoin Accumulation first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.

StoneX’s Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook

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StoneX’s Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook

Strategy just spent six times more buying back Stretch than buying Bitcoin. Is that the right move for MSTR shareholders? StoneX Senior Equity Research Analyst Mark Palmer explains why STRC is foundational to Strategy’s fundraising, and how the $4.9B USD Reserve is pushing the preferred stock back toward par. He also explains why Strategy won’t simply raise the dividend rate.

Chapters:
00:00 StoneX Analyst Mark Palmer on Strategy (MSTR)
00:12 Stretch Buybacks vs. Buying Bitcoin: $176M vs. $29M
01:00 The $4.9B USD Reserve and Stretch’s Path Back to Par
01:56 Why Strategy Won’t Raise the Stretch Dividend Rate
04:17 Daily Dividends and Ex-Dividend Date Volatility
06:53 June’s Stretch Sell-Off and Institutional Investors
07:21 Where Bitcoin Treasury Balance Sheet Stress Shows Up First
09:21 Perpetual Preferreds vs. Convertible Notes: Strive’s Approach
11:54 USD Cash, Convert Paydowns, and Metaplanet’s U.S. Push
13:09 Why StoneX Cut Its MSTR Price Target to $435

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

This post StoneX’s Mark Palmer: $435 MSTR Price Target Explained – DAT Consolidation Outlook first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.

TD Cowen’s Lance Vitanza: BTC to $132k in 2027 & MSTR Price Outlook

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TD Cowen’s Lance Vitanza: BTC to $132k in 2027 & MSTR Price Outlook

Institutions are no longer debating whether to own Bitcoin. Now the question is how. TD Cowen Managing Director Lance Vitanza explains why Bitcoin is evolving from a standalone asset into a capital markets ecosystem of common stock, preferreds, bonds and income products. He shares what he heard at the Bitcoin Treasuries conference in New York and why institutional investors increasingly evaluate Bitcoin within a portfolio.

Chapters:
00:00 Bitcoin Is Evolving From an Asset Into a Capital Markets Ecosystem
01:36 Bitcoin Preferreds, Bonds and Dividend-Paying Instruments
03:25 How Analysts Are Evaluating Digital Credit
05:23 Which Bitcoin Treasury Companies Survive a Downturn
07:28 Strive, Metaplanet and Nakamoto: Why Operating Businesses Matter
10:24 Could MSCI Index Removal Hurt Bitcoin Treasury Companies?
12:27 Blockchain Surveillance, Front-Running and Trust in Bitcoin Prices
14:20 Sponsor: Cash App
15:01 TD Cowen’s Bitcoin Price Target for 2027
16:38 Why Well-Run Bitcoin Treasury Companies Could Outperform Bitcoin

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

This post TD Cowen’s Lance Vitanza: BTC to $132k in 2027 & MSTR Price Outlook first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Patrick Green.

Strategy Reports Quarterly Profit on Bitcoin Rally

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Strategy Reports Quarterly Profit on Bitcoin Rally

Bitcoin treasury Strategy is back in the black after the rising price of the leading cryptocurrency gave the firm paper gains of $21 billion last quarter, its founder and chairman Michael Saylor has said. 

The Nasdaq-listed company last week also spent $28.7 million on 334 bitcoins last week, according to a Monday filing. The firm’s stock (MSTR) jumped earlier trading hours in New York before dipping slightly; it was recently priced nearly 2% higher. 

Bitcoin’s price shot up over 40% in the third quarter of this year, having its best three months in years. 

Strategy reports a $21 billion gain on digital assets in Q3 2026. Last week, we acquired 334 $BTC and repurchased $176M of $STRC. As of 10/4/26, we hold 848,000 BTC and $5.7B of USD Assets. $MSTR https://t.co/jvwiJahdMm

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) October 5, 2026

The price of the leading digital asset recently stood at nearly $85,655, unmoved over a 24-hour period but up over 8% over a 30-day period.  

Strategy added that it repurchased $176 million of its STRC preferred shares. As the world’s biggest corporate holder of bitcoin, it has 848,000 BTC, valued at around $72.6 billion at today’s prices. 

The company’s stock has taken a hit since the price of bitcoin plunged at the end of 2025 and the first half of this year. 

Investors buy Strategy’s shares to get heightened exposure to the cryptocurrency. They can also get paid a yield via its digital credit products. 

Strategy — formerly MicroStrategy — slowed down with its bitcoin buys after announcing a program under which it may sell BTC from time to time to generate up to $1.25 billion in proceeds for the USD reserve, additionally fund preferred stock dividends and interest expenses or fund repurchases. 

The company even this year had to resort to selling bitcoin. It has since defended the bitcoin sales, with Strategy CEO Phong Le telling investors that the company now has a “bullet-proof balance sheet.” 

In the company’s quarterly earnings in July, Strategy posted a $8.22 billion loss. But Le reassured investors that the firm’s current paper loss was nothing to worry about.

This post Strategy Reports Quarterly Profit on Bitcoin Rally first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.

Strategy Keeps ATM Financing Available For Future Bitcoin Purchases

TL;DR

  • Strategy has updated prospectus materials tied to its at-the-market equity financing programs.
  • The filing preserves capital-raising capacity that can support future corporate purposes, including Bitcoin acquisitions.
  • It is a financing update, not a disclosure of another completed Bitcoin purchase.

Strategy has updated the securities paperwork behind its capital-raising machine, keeping at-the-market financing capacity available as the company continues to operate around a Bitcoin-heavy balance sheet.

The filing does not announce another BTC purchase.

Instead, it deals with the mechanism that can help fund future activity.

The ATM Programs Matter Because Strategy Uses Them Aggressively

Strategy’s Bitcoin model depends on more than simply holding coins.

The company has repeatedly used common equity, preferred shares and other capital-market tools to raise money while expanding its treasury.

At-the-market programs are especially flexible because they allow shares to be sold over time rather than through one large underwritten offering.

That gives management the ability to raise capital when market conditions appear favorable.

The resulting cash can then be used for corporate purposes, which historically have included Bitcoin purchases.

Financing Capacity Is Not The Same As Issuance

The distinction is important.

Updating a prospectus supplement does not mean Strategy sold shares that day.

It also does not mean a specific amount of Bitcoin has already been bought.

The filing keeps the financing framework current.

That matters because investors increasingly track Strategy as a capital-structure story as much as a software company or Bitcoin holder.

Changes in share count, preferred issuance and treasury size all interact with the market’s view of Bitcoin exposure per share.

Strategy’s recent filing therefore belongs in the “how future purchases can be financed” category rather than the “new Bitcoin acquisition” category.

The company remains one of the most aggressive users of public-market financing in crypto.

Keeping those ATM rails available gives it another route to act quickly when management decides the next balance-sheet move is worth making.

The financing framework also means Strategy can respond to market conditions without announcing a completely new capital plan every time. That flexibility is central to its model: when the equity trades at levels management considers attractive relative to the Bitcoin treasury, issuing shares can become a route to increasing BTC exposure. The reverse is also true, and dilution remains a real consideration for shareholders. Investors therefore watch the ATM documents not because every filing leads to immediate issuance, but because they define how much financial firepower the company may have available for the next move.

This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

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