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Strategy’s Bitcoin model faces risk from potential capital-market access loss

The analysis says Strategy’s 840,447 BTC stash sits behind about $22 billion in debt and preferred claims, and stresses that a near 96% BTC drop would be required before the holdings no longer cover its convertible notes.

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Strategy’s $66 billion Bitcoin accumulation model may be more vulnerable to a prolonged loss of capital-market access than to a sharp Bitcoin price decline, according to an analysis cited by Cointelegraph from Regime Intelligence.

The report frames the key issue as Strategy’s ability to keep raising fresh capital to fund roughly $1.76 billion in annual obligations tied to debt and preferred charges, with its 840,447 BTC holdings positioned behind about $22 billion in debt and preferred claims.

It also says Strategy’s debt is not structured like a typical Bitcoin-backed margin loan, meaning there is no BTC-linked margin call that would automatically force liquidation if prices fall.

Regime Intelligence’s stress test found Bitcoin would need to fall roughly 96% before Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings and reserves would no longer cover its convertible notes, shifting the risk to ongoing obligation servicing regardless of price. The report’s author, Sherif Saad, said investors should monitor Strategy’s preferred share price and cash reserves, which currently cover about 2.6 times its annualized charges, because deteriorating financing conditions could reverse the accumulation strategy and increase reliance on reserves and Bitcoin sales to meet obligations.

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