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Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation thesis holds as analysts back larger cash reserve

Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation thesis holds as analysts back larger cash reserve

Strategy has paused Bitcoin purchases for five weeks while building a $3.75 billion U.S. dollar reserve, as supporters defend its long-term accumulation model and Michael Saylor criticizes proposed soft fork BIP-110.

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Fact Check
Every component of the claim is corroborated. The official Strategy press release (Form 8-K) confirms the $3.75 billion USD reserve and 843,775 BTC. The Block and BeInCrypto independently confirm the five-week Bitcoin purchase pause. Analyst support for the accumulation model is confirmed by Benchmark's $570 target and JPMorgan's positive view, plus CEO Phong Le reaffirming the long-term buying strategy. Saylor's criticism of BIP-110 is directly evidenced by his own verified X posts calling it censorship that weakens the fee market. No conflicting evidence was found.
Summary

Strategy has gone five consecutive weeks without buying Bitcoin, leaving holdings unchanged at 843,775 BTC, while expanding a dedicated U.S. dollar reserve to $3.75 billion through equity issuance. Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said the logic behind Strategy’s Bitcoin acquisition strategy has remained consistent since its initial $250 million purchase in August 2020, despite sharp swings in sentiment as the stock first rose 10-fold and later fell nearly 90%. Benchmark Equity Research reiterated a Buy rating and $570 price target, saying the reserve strengthens the long-term model by covering about 2.1 years of preferred dividends and interest expenses of roughly $1.76 billion annually and reducing the risk that Strategy would need to sell Bitcoin in a downturn. Separately, Michael Saylor has warned that BIP-110, a proposed Bitcoin soft fork, could threaten Bitcoin’s consensus rules. The company has also said it wants to reach 1 million BTC by the end of 2026, leaving it 156,225 BTC short at current holdings.

Terms & Concepts
  • BIP-110: A proposed Bitcoin soft fork that would limit arbitrary data fields in transactions.
  • at-the-market program: Equity sale program into open trading.
  • consensus rules: Shared protocol rules that determine which transactions and blocks are valid.