@StalwartSt@GoingParabolic $BTC lows are trending towards the last cycle tops. Intra cycle drawdown is less each cycle. 86%, 83%, 77%, and 52% for the current cycle.
Perhaps it will drop down to 65%? Or perhaps 52% is low enough considering many are in the green now.
The premise conflates ordinary public surveillance with AI data center ops, but the security infrastructure ROI data from 2025-2026 actually shows a drop in violent crime correlation, not a control narrative. Which specific AI data center linked to surveillance are you referencing?
@ABridgen Those cameras link to law enforcement and cloud storage.
Are we just blaming everything bad on data centers now? Is that what we’re doing?
Because I heard one data center in Los lunes drained the entire Rio grande! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
BREAKING: Strive $SATA just obliterated its previous record - raising enough capital to buy an estimated 2,624 #Bitcoin in a single week!
That would be 16% of their reported stack - the equivalent of Strategy buying 134,180 BTC in a week.
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@systemic_whisk@CarlBMenger Do you mean the 6% who are sensors instead of intuitive?
Maybe some bad questions? As it's subjective & obviously not a scientific experiment. (it's impossible to control all variables)
But even with a margin of error, 94% of #Bitcoiners being visionaries does say.. something.
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Anyone selling Bitcoin because they're convinced it's heading below $60K and the cycle low has to print in Q4 is just gifting their stack to Michael Saylor.
The odds of him ever handing it back are near zero.
How does price crash to $30K or $40K when Saylor is absorbing 10,000 to 30,000 BTC a week?
@StalwartSt@GoingParabolic $BTC lows are trending towards the last cycle tops. Intra cycle drawdown is less each cycle. 86%, 83%, 77%, and 52% for the current cycle.
Perhaps it will drop down to 65%? Or perhaps 52% is low enough considering many are in the green now.
@TimoKing21@thepowerfulHRV Everyone seems to love $MSTR (+2.58%), while $IBIT (-1.57%) sold off over the weekend.
Interesting, considering both are valued in $BTC.
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$STRC is a cash-generating machine that turns yield-seekers into BTC buyers - without them necessarily realizing it.
Here's how it works (save this):
Strategy holds roughly 780,897 $BTC worth about $59B, and $STRC is their Variable Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock.
It has a $100 par value and pays monthly dividends.
Current rate: 11.5% APY.
The shares are engineered to trade near that $100 mark with minimal volatility.
Here's how that works:
Step 1: The dividend gets paid in USD from a dedicated cash reserve.
That reserve sits at $2.25B, enough to cover roughly 24 months of all preferred dividend obligations.
No Bitcoin has been sold to fund these payments - the reserve was built by selling $MSTR common shares.
Step 2: When $STRC trades above $100, @Strategy sells new shares into the market.
The cash raised goes straight into (you guessed it) buying Bitcoin.
This increases $STRC supply and pulls the price back toward $100.
In just the first 2 trading days of this week, this mechanism funded an estimated $1.76B in Bitcoin purchases.
Step 3: When $STRC trades below $100, Strategy has two levers.
They can raise the dividend rate to attract more buyers, or pause all ATM sales below roughly $99 to avoid flooding the market.
→ Yield seekers buy $STRC, pushing it above $100.
→ Strategy sells new shares and buys Bitcoin.
→ The treasury grows without diluting $MSTR.
→ $MSTR price rises.
→ If $MSTR trades at a premium, they can sell shares to refill the cash buffer.
→ Repeat.
Saylor has stated Strategy only needs Bitcoin to deliver about 2.05% ARR to cover all preferred dividends indefinitely.
(Bitcoin has historically grown far quicker than that.)
So Strategy has essentially created two products for two investor types.
Those wanting higher upside than $BTC get $MSTR. Those wanting yield get $STRC. Both accelerate Bitcoin accumulation.
Now for the risks...
The entire model depends on a few things going right.
- Bitcoin needs to grow faster than dividend payments.
- Strategy needs to successfully monetize their holdings to cover costs.
If that fails, $MSTR must trade at a premium to Bitcoin NAV. That premium allows accretive share issuance to refill the cash reserve. If $MSTR loses that premium during a prolonged bear market, the options get ugly.
Option 1: Defer cumulative dividends. Share price likely collapses.
Option 2: Dilute $MSTR holders by selling below NAV. Also likely tanks confidence.
Option 3: Issue more preferred stock at even higher yields. Basically paying investors with their own money.
Option 4: Take a loan against Bitcoin holdings. Least dilutive but adds systemic risk.
Option 5: Sell Bitcoin. Saylor says never. But it's technically possible.
... here's what balances this out:
Supply and demand act as a natural regulator.
If $STRC market value grows too large and dividend payouts become unsustainable, Strategy can lower the rate.
This makes it less attractive to yield seekers. They sell. Payout requirements drop.
One more risk: a sharp Bitcoin drop shrinks collateral coverage and makes future raises harder.
Though Strategy has navigated many bear markets without losing the ability to raise capital...
TL;DR:
$STRC is financial engineering that monetizes Bitcoin volatility into yield for one group while stacking sats for another.
The bull case is powerful and self-reinforcing.
The bear case centers on whether the $MSTR premium holds and whether the cash buffer lasts.
Both deserve consideration.
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