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Story: Bitcoin Plunges 40% Since STRC Debut, Putting Saylor’s Bet Under a Microscope

By Sakamoto Nashi

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STRC Launch and the Bitcoin Slide. When STRC came out, the initial reaction in parts of the market was pretty optimistic.

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Slower Buying, Louder Critics. Saylor's strategy was always going to have skeptics.

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What the Debate Really Centers On. At its core, the argument isn't just about one bad quarter or one rough stretch for Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin is down more than 40% since STRC launched. That's a brutal number, and it's got a lot of people asking hard questions about Michael Saylor's approach to piling into the…

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The drop has been sharp enough to slow Strategy's buying pace — the firm that Saylor built into basically the most famous corporate Bitcoin holder on the planet.

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To be clear, nobody's saying STRC caused the drop. The crypto market is volatile by nature, and Bitcoin has seen brutal drawdowns before. But the timing is awkward.

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The firm's response to the downturn has been noticeably more cautious. Acquisitions have slowed.

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Saylor's strategy was always going to have skeptics. The idea of a company treating Bitcoin as its primary treasury asset was controversial from day one.

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More context: STRC Preferred Stock Craters as Bond Buyback Drains Cash During Bitcoin Slump

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The slowdown in purchases is probably the most tangible sign that something has shifted. Strategy didn't just keep buying at the same pace through the drawdown.

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And that silence is its own kind of story. Investors and analysts are left reading tea leaves — interpreting the slower acquisition pace, watching Bitcoin's price movements,…

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The broader crypto market is watching too. Strategy's Bitcoin holdings are large enough that its behavior matters to sentiment.

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At its core, the argument isn't just about one bad quarter or one rough stretch for Bitcoin. It's about whether the fundamental assumptions behind the strategy still hold.

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More context: La domination du Bitcoin se maintient, laissant les taureaux des altcoins à la porte

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Risk management is getting more attention now. So is the question of how much volatility a firm can absorb before the strategy starts creating problems rather than solving them.

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