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Updated · BeInCrypto · Aug 18
Strategy Posts $8.22 Billion Q2 Loss on Falling Bitcoin Prices
Updated
Updated · BeInCrypto · Aug 18

Strategy Posts $8.22 Billion Q2 Loss on Falling Bitcoin Prices

3 articles · Updated · BeInCrypto · Aug 18

Summary

  • Strategy reported an $8.22 billion net loss for the second quarter, with the hit driven largely by a drop in Bitcoin prices.
  • 840,447 Bitcoin were on its books as of Aug. 16, acquired for about $63.36 billion at an average price of $75,385, leaving the company highly exposed to crypto swings.
  • Michael Saylor told investors this week to prepare for “difficult years,” as the company also faces criticism over shareholder dilution and recent Bitcoin sales.
  • The results underscore the risk in Strategy’s long-running Bitcoin-heavy treasury strategy, even as Saylor continues to argue that early bets on emerging technologies can create outsized opportunity.

Insights

Can ordinary investors truly trust a wealth-building strategy from a founder whose own company just suffered an eight billion dollar loss?
If AI eliminates the entry-level roles used to learn an industry, how can young workers ever gain the deep expertise Saylor recommends?
Will the rush to master AI's new S-curve inadvertently trigger a massive climate crisis through hidden fossil fuel emissions?