Phong Le is the CEO at Strategy. He said that his company intends to buy Bitcoin again later this year.
Le stated in a FOX Business interview on Monday that Strategy has purchased approximately 175,000 Bitcoins since the start of the year, while also selling about 7,000 BTC. This makes the company an important net buyer.
That’s “about 25 times more” Le stated that it is better to buy than sell. Le said that Strategy is now the biggest Bitcoin institution in the world.
“We’ll get back to buying more Bitcoin throughout the course of the year,” Le said.
Phong Le, the CEO of Strategy appears on FOXBusiness. Source: FOX
Strategy holds more than 840,000 BTC but has only sold Bitcoin 4 times since the beginning of May. Its most recent Bitcoin sale was for 1,690 BTC. The proceeds from the company’s recent sales have been used to fund preferred stock dividends. Share repurchases. And its US Dollar Reserve.
Strategy was criticized for breaking away from their long-standing strategy despite its relatively modest sales. “never sell” approach to Bitcoin. This shift shows the conflicting demands that Strategy faces as a publicly traded company. These include obligations towards common and preferred investors, along with its Bitcoin accumulation strategies.
Related: Strategy unveils capital framework to preserve Bitcoin exposure, pay dividends
BTC’s treasury system is under threat amid a bear market
According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the corporate Bitcoin Treasury model is under threat as a result of weaker economic conditions. Public companies hold more than 1.26 million BTC, trailing exchange-traded funds and other funds, which hold more than 1.6 million BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET.
Novaque Research reports that this model was historically successful because Bitcoin Treasury Companies traded at a premium compared to the BTC values they held. This allowed them to borrow money or raise equity, and to use those proceeds to purchase more Bitcoin.
However, that cycle becomes more difficult to sustain Investors are diluted when Bitcoin trades below its net asset value.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
