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Fortune
Stuart Dyos

Michael Saylor admits Strategy shareholders 'would suffer' if Bitcoin were to 'fall 90% and stay there for 4 or 5 years'

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor during the Conservative Political Action Conference (Credit: Jason C. Andrew—Bloomberg/Getty Images)
  • Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor admitted company shareholders would “suffer” if Bitcoin’s price fell for multiple years. The world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin owns nearly $59 billion in the cryptocurrency, and is continuing to invest so the company can buy more. While the company has a lack of cash comparatively to its crypto holdings, questions arise regarding its ability to service debt.

Strategy’s executive chairman and crypto evangelist Michael Saylor revealed in a Financial Times video if Bitcoin were to fall 90% and stay down for roughly half a decade, the company would be stable, but equity holders would be wiped out because Strategy is heavily leveraged through convertible debt and bond offerings.

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