Strategy Holds STRC Dividend Rate at 11.5% to Fund Bitcoin Purchases

Strategy, best known for financing a vast Bitcoin stockpile through equity and preferred-share issuance, has begun using some of its cryptocurrency holdings to support shareholder payouts and liquidity. The move is significant because Bitcoin remains the company’s core treasury asset, while dividends on its preferred securities and share repurchases create recurring dollar obligations that must be balanced against its long-term accumulation strategy.

In the week ended Aug. 2, Strategy sold 1,638 Bitcoin for about $104.7 million, its first disposal since June, reducing holdings to 842,138 tokens. Roughly half of the proceeds was allocated to preferred-stock dividends and the remainder to repurchases of STRC shares. The transaction extended the company’s estimated dollar liquidity runway to 2.3 years, giving it more capacity to meet cash commitments without relying solely on fresh stock issuance.

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, uses STRC preferred stock as part of its capital-raising strategy. The security carries an adjustable dividend rate intended to help keep its market price near the $100 par value. Dividend decisions are closely watched because they affect Strategy’s funding costs and signal how investors assess the company’s capital allocation and credit risk.

STRC traded below its $100 par value in July, but Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Strategy would leave the August dividend rate unchanged at 12%. Chief Executive Officer Phong Le reiterated that management aims to guide the preferred shares gradually back toward a $99-to-$100 trading range. Following the dividend announcement, STRC closed at $89.46, remaining more than 10% below par.

Strategy launched STRC, a floating-rate perpetual preferred stock, in July 2025 with a par value of $100 to raise funds for expanding its Bitcoin holdings. Its dividend rate is adjusted monthly to keep the market price close to par. Although STRC ranks ahead of common stock for repayment, it remains exposed to risks tied to Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings, financing and dividend coverage. Its sharp discount to par is now testing its positioning as a stable income investment.

STRC closed at $91.79 on June 16, 2026, an 8.2% discount to its $100 par value and its third-lowest close since listing in July 2025, implying an annualized yield of 12.53%. Bitcoin was trading at about $65,000 at the time. After Strategy repaid $1.5 billion of convertible debt, its cash dividend coverage fell from 24 months to seven months. The same day, Strive’s SATA began paying daily dividends at a 13% annual rate while trading at $99.99, further drawing income-focused capital away from STRC.

Strategy (MSTR), one of the world's largest corporate holders of bitcoin, raises money to buy the cryptocurrency by issuing common and preferred shares. STRC is a floating-rate perpetual preferred stock with a par value of $100 per share. Its annualized dividend rate was 11.5% in June 2026, making it an important funding vehicle for expanding the company's bitcoin holdings.

Strategy secured approval from common and STRC shareholders at its annual meeting on June 8, 2026, to shift dividend payments from monthly to twice a month, with record dates on the 15th and final day of each month. The first record date under the new schedule is June 30, with payment on July 15. The change only shortens the payment cycle and, at the time, did not alter the annual dividend rate or the company's total annual payment obligation.

Strategy has long raised funds through stock and debt offerings to accumulate Bitcoin. Its perpetual STRC preferred stock attracts capital with a high dividend, with the proceeds then used to buy Bitcoin. The instrument has no maturity date, but its sustainability could be undermined by the dividend burden, Bitcoin price volatility and a breakdown in financing markets.

In the week ending July 19, 2026, Strategy was estimated to have added about 7,000 Bitcoin after raising funds through STRC, though the actual amount raised has not been disclosed. Alexander Blume, CEO of investment adviser Two Prime, said investors may be underpricing the risk of a major market dislocation given STRC's 11.5% annualized yield, warning that there is “no free lunch” behind the high return.

Strategy uses its STRC perpetual preferred stock to raise capital, creating an ongoing funding channel for Bitcoin purchases. Its at-the-market program allows the company to issue additional shares depending on market conditions. STRC’s liquidity and market demand will directly affect Strategy’s ability to expand its Bitcoin holdings, as well as investors’ assessment of its financing ceiling and dilution risks.

The latest reports revised STRC’s Monday trading volume to $1.5 billion from an initial estimate of $1.16 billion and said it funded Strategy’s purchase of 11,707 Bitcoin, above the earlier estimate of 7,800. Trading volume could set another record on Tuesday, while Delphi Digital warned that the STRC financing model faces a $28 billion scale ceiling.

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, has continued raising funds through equity and debt instruments to buy Bitcoin under Michael Saylor, making BTC a core asset. The company recently raised capital through STRC perpetual preferred stock carrying an 11.5% dividend rate. Saylor said an annual Bitcoin gain of more than 2% would be enough to cover the dividend, underscoring the company's highly leveraged capital strategy.

Strategy added 3,468 Bitcoin on April 10, according to the latest report, which did not disclose the dollar value or average purchase price of the transaction. The purchase brought the company's total Bitcoin holdings close to 770,000 BTC. As proceeds raised through STRC continue to be converted into Bitcoin, the company's holdings are moving toward a new milestone.

Strategy (MSTR) uses its perpetual preferred stock, Stretch (STRC), as a long-term financing vehicle, attracting capital through a relatively stable share price and dividend mechanism before deploying the proceeds into Bitcoin. The model can reduce the dilution pressure associated with frequent common-stock issuance while giving investors a gauge of whether the company can continue expanding its crypto holdings.

STRC recorded $333 million in trading value on Wednesday, its seventh-highest single-day volume since issuance, while moving by just $0.01 intraday, indicating stability despite heavy trading. Based on the amount raised that day, Strategy may have used the proceeds to buy more than 2,000 additional Bitcoin.

Strive (Nasdaq: ASST) is an asset-management and structured-finance company focused on increasing its Bitcoin holdings per share, while Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a major corporate holder of Bitcoin. The allocation shows corporate treasury strategies expanding beyond direct BTC purchases into dividend-generating preferred shares issued by industry peers.

Strive said on March 11, 2026, that it had purchased an additional 179 Bitcoin. It held 13,311 Bitcoin worth about $930 million as of March 9. The company also spent $50 million on 500,000 shares of Strategy’s STRC variable-rate perpetual preferred stock and raised SATA’s annual dividend rate by 25 basis points to 12.75%. A dividend of $1.0625 per share will be paid on April 15.

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is a key bellwether for corporate crypto treasury strategies, raising funds through common and preferred stock offerings to acquire Bitcoin. STRC is a preferred stock that pays monthly dividends. Changes to its dividend affect investor returns and reflect the company’s financing costs and capital needs amid Bitcoin volatility.

Strategy raised STRC’s annualized dividend rate by 25 basis points to 11.5% in March 2026 and has now kept it at that level for a fourth consecutive month. Meanwhile, Bitcoin fell 20% in February, dragging MSTR down 14% for the month and marking its eighth consecutive monthly decline, underscoring the divergence between preferred-stock yields and the risk profile of the common shares.