Strategy's US dollar reserve is for company's short term: CEO

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• Phong Le is an engineer and technologist who likes data and software, with MBA and CFO background

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• Many people don't understand Bitcoin and financial markets, which explains confusion about Strategy's valuation

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• Strategy is investors not traders in Bitcoin, buying when able to raise capital rather than timing the market

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• Strategy categorizes Bitcoin buyers as either investors or traders, with Strategy being investors

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• Strategy perpetual preferred C (STRC) pays 10.75% dividend

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• Strategy could grow significant capital through perpetual preferreds in 1-3 years once market understands the instrument

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• It will take 18-24 months for the market to understand Strategy's perpetual preferred strategy

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• Strategy may have to sell Bitcoin only after a sustained 3-year down cycle with MNAV below 1x, potentially around 2029

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• Strategy sees Bitcoin price declines as buying opportunities as long as they feel bullish about the enterprise

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• Ability to issue equity accretively depends on MNAV not just Bitcoin price - higher MNAV at lower Bitcoin price can be more accretive

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• Strategy prefers to increase amplification by selling more preferred equity rather than common equity

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• In 2020 there was an aha moment when Michael Saylor asked Phong Le about Bitcoin

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• Below 1x MNAV it doesn't make sense for Strategy to issue equity to pay dividends

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• Strategy faced similar questions during 2022-2023 crypto winter about MNAV compression and alternatives like Bitcoin ETFs

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• Big challenge with perpetual preferreds was how to pay dividends short-term during Bitcoin/MSTR volatility, now addressed by USD reserve

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• MNAV is driven by ability to be accretive in adding Bitcoin per share and belief in thoughtful transparent management

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• Phong Le feels he was made for Bitcoin given intersection of technology, finance, capital markets and macroeconomics in his career

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• Strategy has built a Bitcoin reserve for long-term business purposes and US dollar reserve for short-term business needs

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• Strategy may have to sell Bitcoin to protect the company and shareholders if necessary

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• It took about a year for people to understand Strategy's Bitcoin treasury company model

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• Strategy is not an ETF or closed-end fund but an operating company that creates Bitcoin-backed securities

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• The potential for both Strategy and Bitcoin is tremendous

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• Strategy targets 2+ years of US dollar cash reserves to avoid selling Bitcoin

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• If Strategy tried to become Bitcoin traders, they would lose to more sophisticated traders

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• Strategy should trade at valuation equal to ability to grow Bitcoin per share and operating income

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• After becoming Bitcoin treasury company, Strategy layered debt on top and it took 12-24 months for people to understand that

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• The $1.44 billion cash reserve was raised from selling equity at a premium to MNAV, which is accretive to shareholders

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• Strategy should be valued on ability to grow underlying Bitcoin assets and income, similar to mag seven tech stocks, not as a closed-end fund

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• Strategy became the first Bitcoin treasury company in 2020

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• Perpetual preferred instrument is superior to traditional debt and convertible debt for various reasons

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