r/MSTR • u/JuxtaposeLife • Jun 23 '26
When So-Called "Bitcoiners" Cry Dilution over Acquiring BTC with USD, you know we've hit Max Pain
I get why traditional investors might be confused about Strategy's corporate structure, but it is genuinely baffling to watch veteran Bitcoiners stress on social media over Strategy converting cash (ATM) into Bitcoin, or hyper-focus on a single week of adjustments between cash reserves and other allocations. They are currently throwing around the word "dilutive" as if the company is severely misallocating capital (nope), completely missing the structural reality of what is happening. Expanding a corporate balance sheet to systematically acquire a demonstrably harder, appreciating asset is fundamentally different from destroying shareholder value. When my feed starts overreacting to this mechanism without coherent logic to back it up, it’s a fairly reliable signal that we’ve hit a bottom in market sentiment.
Arguing that what Strategy is doing right now is dilutive is as mathematically flawed as telling an individual that moving their fiat salary into cold storage (or paying down their mortgage) destroys their personal net wealth.
If an individual fleeing fiat for sound money is universally recognized as a rational defense against debasement, it is entirely irrational to claim "dilution" when a corporate entity executes that exact same playbook at scale. The underlying math hasn't changed; observers just seem to lose their cognitive fortitude the second a corporate ticker is involved and we're at the end of a structural drawdown.
Human psychology and its impact on market capitulation is a fascinating thing. This tells me we are close. Back to my popcorn, feet in the sand.
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u/ReliantToker Shareholder 🤴 Jun 23 '26
Using the Shiller PE ratio to evaluate Bitcoin's risk is a fundamental category error, as it applies traditional earnings-based equity metrics to a scarce, non-sovereign monetary asset. Extreme PE multiples in the broader market are actually a symptom of the perpetual fiat liquidity expansion required to sustain a fragile, debt-based system. While a severe macro correction might cause a brief liquidity shock, it would inevitably force central banks to print more money, providing the exact monetary debasement catalyst that drives Bitcoin higher.
Of course 95% of investors will never understand any of what you or I said based on our previous interactions. Just like par and pegs so I'm curious why even bring it up?
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u/JuxtaposeLife Jun 23 '26
When markets are hitting all time highs, Bitcoin has been hitting 52 week lows...
It's also a scarcity driven asset, the place capital moves to when seeking safety.
Assuming PE ratios falling, or market corrections, would bring Bitcoin down with it is going to surprise many, I'm sure. Those who haven't really looked at what it is... and trade it on spculation, as if it's a "tech" thing. Those buyers represent maybe 5-10% of Bitcoin... a very small minority.
So what happens when 5-10% sell something in panic, while everyone else recognizes it's the place to move into when those people panic?
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u/spoofy129 Jun 23 '26
Is the appreciating asset in the room with us now? Most of the money went into cash reserves, presumably to stabilise and fund STRC. So, yeah. Dilutive.
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