{"id":609431,"date":"2026-06-04T15:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/saylor-downplays-bitcoin-slide-as-strategy-faces-11b-paper-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:52:47","slug":"saylor-downplays-bitcoin-slide-as-strategy-faces-11b-paper-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/saylor-downplays-bitcoin-slide-as-strategy-faces-11b-paper-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Saylor downplays Bitcoin slide as Strategy faces $11B paper loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS13aHktaXNudC10aGUtZmVkZXJhbC1yZXNlcnZlLXJlcXVpcmluZy1iYW5rcy10by1ob2xkLWRlcG9zaXRvcnMtY2FzaC5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Saylor downplays Bitcoin slide as Strategy faces $11B paper loss\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin paper loss tops $11 billion as Saylor pointed to ETF outflows and AI infrastructure spending as factors pressuring BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin holdings fell deep into paper-loss territory as BTC traded below the company\u2019s average purchase price, renewing scrutiny of Michael Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin treasury model.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy.com\/purchases\">holds<\/a> 843,706 Bitcoin (BTC) acquired at an average price of $75,699 per coin, with a total cost basis of $63.8 billion. However, the latest Bitcoin downturn sank the value of Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin reserve to $52.6 billion, pushing its unrealized loss to $11.2 billion, according to the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy.com\/\">dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/STRC\/\">declined<\/a> below its intended $100 value and is traded at $94.6 at the time of writing. Strategy&#8217;s (MSTR) stock price was down 1.5% in pre-market trading to $124.7 on Thursday, Yahoo Finance <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/MSTR\/\">data<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/strategys-unrealized-loss-soars-11b-standard-chartered-bottom-near\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin paper loss tops $11 billion as Saylor pointed to ETF outflows and AI infrastructure spending as factors pressuring BTC. Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin holdings fell deep into paper-loss territory as BTC traded below the company\u2019s average purchase price, renewing scrutiny of Michael Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin treasury model. Strategy holds 843,706 Bitcoin (BTC) acquired at an average [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}