Strategy launches Bitcoin-backed securities credit model as digital credit reaches $14 billion

Strategy launches Bitcoin-backed securities credit model as digital credit reaches $14 billion

Michael Saylor said the framework uses observable Bitcoin market data to help investors assess BTC-linked risk, hedging costs and credit spreads on instruments including STRC as the market grew to about $14 billion.

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Summary

Strategy Inc. has introduced an interactive credit model for its Bitcoin-collateralized securities, which Michael Saylor said is intended to make Bitcoin-based “digital credit” more transparent to price because its main market risk is tied to observable Bitcoin data. The company’s Digital Credit Capital Framework, unveiled on June 29 and available at strategy.com/credit and through bitcointreasuries.net, lets users test yield, hedging costs and residual credit spreads using inputs such as Bitcoin price, volatility, interest rates and annualized return. Strategy said the market for these instruments has expanded to about $14 billion in 15 months, with STRC reaching an approximate valuation of $3.4 billion and yields ranging from 10.39% to 16.32% depending on the series.

Terms & Concepts
  • digital credit: Yield-bearing instruments backed by Bitcoin holdings or structured around digital assets.
  • credit spread: The extra yield over a benchmark that compensates investors for taking issuer or credit risk.
  • options-implied volatility: Expected price swings inferred from options prices, used to estimate the cost of hedging Bitcoin exposure.