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The market’s basically saying: “eh, probably not”
Strategy has become the adult in the room nobody invited to the party — and then it got caught selling Bitcoin, which is kind of like a vegan restaurant ordering ribs. That was enough to rattle traders, but not enough to convince the crowd that bankruptcy is the most likely ending here.
Polymarket bettors are currently pricing in just a 10% chance that Strategy files for bankruptcy in 2026, down from 12% earlier this year. Not exactly a vote of confidence, but also not the apocalypse crowd was expecting after the company disclosed Bitcoin sales last week.
Why the panic showed up
The sale broke the company’s long-running “never sell” narrative, and markets hate narrative breaks almost as much as they hate surprise dilution. Bitcoin briefly sank below $60,000, Strategy shares got punched around, and unrealized losses on its BTC stash swelled to a record $12 billion.
That’s the stuff that makes investors reach for the smelling salts. But there are a few counterweights keeping the doomsday bets in check:
- Strategy says it has nearly $52 billion in Bitcoin reserves
- It also has about $1 billion in cash
- There are no major debt maturities until 2028
- The company says those assets can cover roughly 30 months of dividend and interest obligations
The Saylor thesis, still clinging on
Michael Saylor’s argument is basically: if Bitcoin keeps grinding higher over time, the whole machine keeps humming. Critics, naturally, think that’s a cute story until it isn’t.
Peter Schiff is still doing Peter Schiff things, calling the model a disaster in waiting. Grayscale research head Zach Pandl also warned that Strategy’s levered setup is under pressure — which is a polite way of saying this is a high-wire act with no net.
Big picture
For investors, this is less about whether Strategy is doomed tomorrow and more about how much stress the Bitcoin-treasury model can take before the market starts pricing in a very different ending. The company isn’t being treated like a dead man walking yet. But it’s definitely not being treated like a boring software stock either.