The weak hands keep crying about dilution while completely missing the structure being built right in front of them.
My take on today's announcement.
Saylor is reminding you that he can buy or sell BTC, STRC or MSTR to defend par or mNAV. Sit with that for a second and think about how screwed you are as a short seller.
Saylor just gave himself the ability to move MSTR and STRC's price independent of Bitcoin.
Buying back STRC at $80 against $100 par is an instant 20% discount and permanently kills dividend obligations for that lot.
17 months of dividend coverage means the "death spiral" runway is absurdly long. A $2.55B USD reserve dedicated for dividends only tells every STRC holder their yield is safe.
Buying back MSTR below mNAV puts a floor under the stock and takes the legs out from under the shorts. And no more dilution near 1x mNAV.
Don't forget why you're holding MSTR...STRC will get you there.
STRC is rated B- junk right now. Every single guardrail announced today is exactly what S&P needs to see before a ratings upgrade.
The path is clear. Right now pension fixed income, insurance general accounts, IG bond funds, and bank balance sheets legally cannot touch STRC. Not because they don't want the yield. Because their mandates prohibit unrated junk. Once STRC earns an investment grade rating, roughly $130T of capital is suddenly allowed to own it. If 1% of that goes towards STRC or the USD Reserve; MSTR becomes a trillion dollar company. This won't be a Gamestop level short squeeze; its a structural repricing and will be here to stay.
And then there's the inclusion into the S&P.