{"id":4735,"date":"2026-05-07T15:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:16:12","slug":"saylor-signals-possible-bitcoin-sell-off-to-calm-markets-amid-recent-q1-earnings-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/?p=4735","title":{"rendered":"Saylor Signals Possible Bitcoin Sell-Off to Calm Markets Amid Recent Q1 Earnings Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The loss was primarily caused by unrealized losses on Strategy&#8217;s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, which experienced a 23.8% decline in value during the first quarter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategy has been a steady buyer of Bitcoin since it started using the cryptocurrency as a principal treasury asset in August 2020.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a departure from its long-standing &#8220;never sell&#8221; Bitcoin policy, Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy, said that the firm may sell Bitcoin in order to &#8220;inoculate&#8221; the market against unexpected panic or to strengthen trust in the business.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the strategy&#8217;s plans for the first quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewscrypto.com\/michael-saylor-signals-return-to-weekly-bitcoin-buying-strategy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Saylor<\/a> said, &#8220;We&#8217;ll probably sell some Bitcoin to fund a dividend, just to inoculate the market, just to send the message that we did it&#8221; during Tuesday&#8217;s earnings call.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reassuring-investors\">Reassuring Investors <\/h3>\n<p>Saylor stated that market participants will understand that &#8220;the company&#8217;s fine, the Bitcoin&#8217;s fine, the industry&#8217;s fine, the world didn&#8217;t come to an end&#8221; following Strategy&#8217;s announcement of a $12.5 billion net loss. The loss was primarily caused by unrealized losses on Strategy&#8217;s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, which experienced a 23.8% decline in value during the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy has been a steady buyer of Bitcoin since it started using the cryptocurrency as a principal treasury asset in August 2020. &#8220;I expect we&#8217;ll buy Bitcoin every quarter forever,&#8221; Saylor said on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk Box&#8221; show in February, addressing fears that the corporation could have to sell its cryptocurrency holdings if the market took a nosedive.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Saylor said that Strategy would be able to meet its debt commitments without selling even if the price of Bitcoin dropped to $8,000\u2014an extraordinary fall. To finance its <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewscrypto.com\/bitcoin-breaks-80k-as-asian-markets-rally-and-etf-inflows-signal-strong-demand\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bitcoin<\/a> acquisitions in the last several months, Strategy has relied on perpetual preferred stock offerings (STRC) that generate dividends.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy has purchased 145,834 Bitcoin this year, increasing its total holdings to 818,334 Bitcoin, valued at $66.7 billion. A significant percentage of these purchases was funded by Stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor said that Strategy&#8217;s goal is to make Stretch the largest credit instrument on the planet.&nbsp;He went on to say that the approach expects liquidity to rise in tandem with its assets under management, which would allow for wider adoption and the creation of a &#8220;network effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlighted Crypto News Today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewscrypto.com\/bitcoin-surges-past-81k-as-long-term-holders-accumulate-heavily\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bitcoin Surges Past $81K as Long-Term Holders Accumulate Heavily<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The loss was primarily caused by unrealized losses on Strategy&#8217;s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, which experienced a 23.8% decline in value during the first quarter. Strategy has been a steady buyer of Bitcoin since it started using the cryptocurrency as a principal treasury asset in August 2020. In a departure from its long-standing &#8220;never sell&#8221; Bitcoin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}