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'A big nothing burger': A Q&A with Strategy's Michael Saylor on selling bitcoin
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'A big nothing burger': A Q&A with Strategy's Michael Saylor on selling bitcoin

CoinDesk · May 11, 2026, 8:21 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • However, executive chairman Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten at Consensus in Miami to explain, in his view, why the announcement was "inconsequential."
  • This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
  • CoinDesk: Your earnings call revealed that Strategy could sell bitcoin to fund its dividends.

However, executive chairman Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten at Consensus in Miami to explain, in his view, why the announcement was "inconsequential."

As the firm expands from a bitcoin treasury company into a full-spectrum capital markets operation, in a wide-ranging conversation with CoinDesk, Saylor discussed the company's potential sale of bitcoin to fund dividends, the mechanics of its preferred stock (called Stretch or STRC), and what critics get wrong about its trading strategy.

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. This is the first part of a series of stories from CoinDesk's interview with Michael Saylor

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