Wait Saylor STOPPED Buying Bitcoin After Raising $748M and I'm Genuinely Confused

Wait Saylor STOPPED Buying Bitcoin After Raising $748M and I'm Genuinely Confused

By Cloudy12 | Crypto Hustle NG | 24 Dec 2025


michael saylors company strategy just did something NEVER happens

raised 748 MILLION last week

bought bitcoin?

ZERO

actually zero not even 1 BTC

im honestly confused this guy buys bitcoin EVERY SINGLE WEEK no matter what

what actually went down

timeline that shocked me:

monday dec 22 - strategy filed SEC showing dec 15-21 activity

raised 748M selling MSTR shares bought 0 BTC cash reserve jumped 2.19 BILLION (up from 1.44B three weeks ago) still holding 671,268 BTC total (60 billion worth)

this WEIRD because two weeks before they bought like 2 BILLION bitcoin. absolute tear

then just... stopped

wait how does this make sense

had to read three times understand

strategy been issuing preferred shares pay dividends. people worried "okay HOW you gonna pay dividends if bitcoin crashes"

saylors answer apparently: build massive cash cushion

2.19B reserve can cover dividend payments 18+ months even if dont raise another dollar

first debt payment not even due until february 2027

bloomberg literally said theyre "settling in for long crypto winter"

coming from most aggressive bitcoin buyer earth thats STATEMENT

peter schiff drama (this wild)

peter schiff gold guy HATES bitcoin immediately jumped

"wait youre building DOLLAR reserve? with inflation coming? why not gold like tether doing"

actually kinda fair question even though schiffs been wrong bitcoin 15 years straight

schiff called this "beginning end of strategy" early december said saylor biggest conman wall street

honestly timing brutal schiff vindicated even little bit

why matters RIGHT NOW

not just "company skips week buying"

bitcoin holders: biggest institutional buyer just paused removes 1 BILLION per week buying pressure BTC dropped below 88k today christmas eve... coincidence?

MSTR shareholders: stock down 40%+ this year while bought BILLIONS BTC whole strategy was "use stock buy bitcoin" now "use stock build cash reserves" mNAV struggling

crypto markets: saylor getting defensive what say where we are cycle institutions watching strategy as bitcoin treasury model could signal other companies pause too


stuff still figuring out

is this smart risk management or PANIC?

objectively 18 months cash reserves means wont be forced sellers BTC crashes 50k. thats GOOD

but also saylor been saying "bitcoin appreciates 30% annually 20 years" "expect 150k year end" now suddenly "yeah lets build cash fort"

those two things dont match??

another thing - raised money specifically BUY BITCOIN under ATM programs. selling shares build cash reserves instead... that even what shareholders signed up for?

also bitcoin literally down 30% from 126k peak october. if saylor believes own thesis shouldnt BUYING MORE not less?

when buying restart

strategy said "may adjust reserve based market conditions"

basically: we dont know

could be next week could be never

whole model was "continuously accumulate bitcoin no matter price" now "well maybe sometimes break"

honestly feels pretty big shift strategy for... Strategy

my take

look get risk management angle having cash reserves so dont become forced seller smart treasury management

OPTICS terrible

youre bitcoin standard bearer companies worldwide copying model right when bitcoins struggling you... stop buying?

gonna make people nervous whether rational or not

and heres thing nobody saying - what if this IS the top signal everyone worried about?

biggest bitcoin bull world just went defensive mode cash reserves 18 months

either hes genius preparing winter OR hes seeing something rest us dont yet

honestly dont know which scarier


you think this genius planning or red flag? because im literally split 50/50 on whether applaud risk management or worry this means something bigger coming

also if bitcoin rips 120k january saylors gonna look pretty silly sitting 2.19B cash earning 5% while BTC doing 40%

but if crashes 60k gonna look genius

which you betting on

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Cloudy12
Cloudy12

Nigerian student & aspiring techie. I just finished secondary school and now I’m diving deep into crypto, code, and motivation. I write to grow, share, and inspire others on the same journey.


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