Strategy Mulls Selling Bitcoin to 'Inoculate the Market': Saylor
The story
The largest corporate Bitcoin holder is reconsidering its “never sell” stance, with analysts weighing the ripple effects.
From the source
Price data by In brief Strategy posted a $12.54 billion net loss for Q1 2026, driven by a $14.46 billion unrealized loss on its Bitcoin holdings as prices fell during the quarter. CEO Phong Le said the company would consider selling Bitcoin to buy U.S. dollars or retire debt "if it s accretive to Bitcoin per share." Experts stress the real impact is on conviction, potentially testing a “fragile” corporate Bitcoin playbook rather than triggering a market turning point. Strategy Inc. dropped its longstanding "never sell" Bitcoin pledge on Tuesday, telling investors it would offload BTC when doing so is "advantageous to the company,” a reversal five years in the making that analysts say matters far more as a confidence signal than as a supply shock.
The company, which holds 818,334 BTC worth approximately $66.8 billion, roughly 3.9% of the total supply, reported a net loss of $12.54 billion for the first quarter of 2026.
The bulk of that figure, $14.46 billion, reflects an unrealized loss on digital assets as Bitcoin slumped during the period.
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