Samson Mow defends Strategy selling portions of its Bitcoin treasury

Written by Vince Quill, Staff Writer. Reviewed by Robert Lakin, Staff Editor. Written by Vince Quill, Staff Writer. Reviewed by Robert Lakin, Staff Editor. Samson Mow defends Strategy selling portions of its Bitcoin treasuryLatest NewsPublishedMay 7, 2026The Bitcoin advocate spoke up after Michael Saylor signaled that the company might sell some BTC, a major departure from the Strategy founder's previous rhetoric. Michael Saylor's comment this week that Strategy might sell portions of its Bitcoin holdings, is a decision that gives the BTC treasury company Strategy, optionality, according to BTC advocate Samson Mow.“Never selling limits optionality. Public markets are war. In war, you need all available tools at your disposal,” Mow said after company co-founder Saylor's comment during Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. That the company might sell some BTC in the future, Mow added:“The more tools Strategy holds, the fewer angles its adversaries have. A company with real optionality is hard to game: it might sell, hedge, issue, or buy. A company that has publicly vowed to only ever do one thing has handed a map to short sellers and arbitrageurs.” Strategy is the largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, according to BitcoinTreasuries, and holds 818,334 BTC at the time of this writing, and any potential sales could weigh on spot BTC market prices, according to some crypto market analysts.Strategy's total BTC holdings over time. Source: StrategyRelated: Strategy takes Bitcoin buying breather ahead of Q1 earnings reportAs he signals potential BTC sales, Saylor says company can fund dividends “forever” on BTC alone “We’ll probably sell some Bitcoin to fund a dividend, just to inoculate the market, just to send the message that we did it,” Saylor said during the earnings call.He said that if the price of BTC appreciates by more than 2.3% annually, the company can fund its dividends “forever” and would also allow Strategy to pay dividends “with…

Samson Mow defends Strategy selling portions of its Bitcoin treasury

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