Strategy stock plummets 50% from November peak, but Saylor keeps betting big on BTC


Strategy’s stock is down almost 50% from its Nov. peak, but the company continues its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy amid the current crypto bloodbath.

Strategy stock plunged 17% yesterday, closing at $239.27. This marks an almost 50% shave-off its value since its peak of $473.83  in Nov. 2024. According to Bloomberg, Strategy’s stock surged even faster than Bitcoin, driven by optimism that Trump would create a strategic Bitcoin reserve. However, as Bitcoin (BTC) has surrendered most of its recent gains, Strategy’s stock has tumbled at an even steeper rate.

Source: Bloomberg

Investor sentiment turned particularly sour when Trump’s executive order made it clear that the reserve would consist of existing government-held Bitcoin (acquired from seizure of BTC in criminal cases), and that no additional purchases beyond budget-neutral strategies will be made.

Both Bitcoin and Strategy faced further pressure on Monday due to a broader shift away from risk assets amid the macroeconomic uncertainty, mainly due to Trump’s trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China. Bitcoin dropped 4%, trading around $80,000.

Despite the falling stock and Bitcoin struggling to hold key support, Strategy recently announced that it wants to raise $2.1 billion by selling its Class A strike preferred stock and use this money to buy more Bitcoin. This is part of a larger plan (“21/21 roadmap”) led by their executive chairman, Michael Saylor, to raise a total of $42 billion and invest it in Bitcoin. Moreover, Strategy remains ahead of its Bitcoin purchases, recently snapping 20,356 BTC for nearly $2 billion at an average price of $97,514, when its stock was already in freefall.

With the latest addition, Strategy’s Bitcoin stash is now 499,096 BTC, purchased with around $33.1 billion to buy it, averaging $66,357 per Bitcoin, and funded this primarily through equity sales. Its total holdings are now worth around $40 billion representing approximately 21% unrealized gain at the current BTC price of $80,381.

Even though some are skeptical of Saylor’s BTC buys in the current climate, analysts generally have a positive outlook on Strategy’s future. Specifically, all eleven financial analysts surveyed by Bloomberg recommend that investors buy Strategy’s stock, predicting that the stock price will surpass the $540 peak it reached last year.



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