This July 14 guidance is consistent with earlier statements from February 2026, when Le told investors that Bitcoin would need to fall by about 90% to around $8,000 and stay there for five to six years to materially pressure the company's ability to service its convertible debt . At that threshold, Le noted, Strategy's Bitcoin reserves would merely equal its net debt — a scenario he described as an "extreme downside" stress boundary rather than a near-term default trigger .
Between June 29 and July 5, 2026, Strategy sold a total of 3,588 BTC for approximately $216 million in two tranches :
The proceeds were used to finance dividends on its preferred shares (STRC) . In interviews, CEO Phong Le described the sale not as a sign of cash need but as a deliberate signal to investors and rating agencies that the company could sell Bitcoin if necessary . "We should be able to sell our Bitcoin without the market overreacting," Le told Coinage in an interview .
Announced on June 29, 2026, the Digital Credit Capital Framework formally ended the company's long-standing "never sell" Bitcoin policy . The framework's key components include:
In total, the framework includes five elements: a U.S. dollar reserve policy, adjustments to the STRC dividend policy, a preferred stock repurchase plan, a common stock repurchase plan, and the Bitcoin monetization plan .
Combined, the $2.55 billion USD Reserve plus the $1.25 billion authorized BTC monetization capacity gave Strategy approximately $3.80 billion of total preferred stock dividend liquidity coverage at launch . The company stated this represents approximately 25.9 months of current annual expected preferred stock dividend payments and interest expense .
The company has also been active in other capital markets moves: in May 2026 it completed a $1.5 billion debt repurchase of its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029, using cash reserves and sales of digital equity (MSTR) and digital credit (STRC) under at-the-market offering programs . As of that time, Strategy had $6.7 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible notes and $15.5 billion aggregate notional amount of preferred stock outstanding .
As of July 15, 2026 (the latest available data from CoinGecko's Bitcoin treasuries tracker), here is Strategy's position :
The position carries an unrealized loss of approximately $9.03 billion (roughly 14.2% below cost basis) at current market prices .