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Strategy has agreed to buy back $1.5 billion face value of its zero-coupon 2029 convertible notes for approximately $1.38 billion, retiring the debt at roughly 92 cents on the dollar. The move is a financially disciplined liability reduction, but the funding disclosure is what's turning heads.
The company listed bitcoin sales as one of three potential sources to fund the buyback — a notable tension with Michael Saylor's recently stated "net accumulator" policy, which framed Strategy as a permanent, ever-growing bitcoin holder. Even flagging BTC sales as a contingency marks a shift in the public narrative around the company's treasury strategy.
Markets will watch closely whether Strategy actually taps its bitcoin stack or funds the buyback through other means. The gap between the face value and the buyback price implies creditors accepted a haircut, suggesting some urgency on the…
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