Strategy Shares Sink 30% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Falls Below $60,000 and Probe Emerges
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Updated · Bitcoin Magazine · Jun 25
Strategy Shares Sink 30% in 5 Days as Bitcoin Falls Below $60,000 and Probe Emerges
3 articles · Updated · Bitcoin Magazine · Jun 25
Summary
Strategy fell more than 9% Thursday to about $85, its lowest since March 2024, capping a nearly 30% five-day slide after Bitcoin broke below $60,000 and a securities-fraud probe became public.
Rosen Law Firm said it is investigating whether the company misled investors, with the review covering all five publicly traded Strategy securities: MSTR, STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD.
The selloff is colliding with a balance-sheet squeeze: Strategy’s 847,363-Bitcoin hoard is sitting on about $10.6 billion in unrealized losses, and its 2024-2026 purchases are now underwater.
STRC preferred shares have dropped to roughly $76, about 24% below par, threatening a key funding channel for Bitcoin purchases as annual dividend obligations swelled to $1.2 billion and cash fell 38% in six months.
CryptoQuant urged Strategy on June 23 to halt Bitcoin buying and rebuild cash to about $2.8 billion; the company had already slowed purchases to 520 Bitcoin last week and directed $300 million of a $335.5 million stock raise into cash.