Strategy’s Bitcoin Bet Now $3.35 Billion In The Red As Saylor Tells Investors To Wait

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing How Our News is Made Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Ad discliamer Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Strategy’s stock is trading below the value of its own Bitcoin holdings — an unusual position for a company that has built its entire identity around the cryptocurrency’s rise. Related Reading Bitcoin Climbs Back To $73,000 As Short Squeeze Wipes Out $246M In Futures Bets 11 hours ago A Streak That Keeps Going The Virginia-based firm added 17,994 BTC to its reserves last week, paying roughly $1.28 billion at an average of $70,946 per coin. It was the company’s 102nd Bitcoin purchase and the 11th straight week it has bought more. Strategy’s total Bitcoin stash is now valued at approximately $52.65 billion, yet its market capitalization sits closer to $47 billion. The gap tells a story investors are watching closely. Chairman Michael Saylor took to X on Thursday with a message that many read as a direct response to growing impatience. Don’t expect Bitcoin to surge immediately after a big corporate purchase, he said — the gains usually show up later. The post spread fast, pulling in a wave of reactions — some supportive, some skeptical, and a few that referenced older memes tied to Saylor’s years of Bitcoin advocacy . You know there’s a delay between the time we buy the Bitcoin and the time Bitcoin goes to the moon. — Michael Saylor (@saylor) March 12, 2026 Bitcoin was trading around $70,800 at the time of writing. That price leaves Strategy sitting on approximately $3.35 billion in unrealized losses across its holdings. Saylor Makes The Case For Holding The losses have not shaken Saylor’s public stance. In a recent Fox Business interview, he laid out a scenario where Strategy continues paying dividends as long as Bitcoin appreciates at least 1.25% annually. BTCUSD trading at $70,761 on the 24-hour chart: TradingView He also said that if prices stay flat for years, the company would have roughly eight decades to rework its capital structure — a timeframe most public companies would never cite as a comfort measure. His longer-term projection is more aggressive. Saylor has said he expects Bitcoin to grow around 30% per year over the next two decades. That outlook underpins the company’s decision to keep buying regardless of short-term price swings. Related Reading Cardano’s DeFi Boom: TVL Spikes 23% In Less Than 2 Weeks 2 days ago Analyst Notes Strength In Market Activity Meanwhile, some cryptocurrency analysts flagged a recent uptick in the Coinbase Premium — a metric used to gauge spot demand among US-based buyers. Based on that view, if Bitcoin holds above $70,000, the next resistance level to watch is around $74,000-$75,000. That figure is close to the average price Strategy paid across all of its Bitcoin purchases. For the company and many traders tracking its moves, it carries weight beyond a simple technical level. Whether the price reaches it soon — or much later, as Saylor suggests — remains to be seen. Featured image from Gemini, chart from TradingView