MSTR Reserve Questions Emerge, HYPE Benefits from Tokenized Equity Momentum (Portfolio Rebalance)

May 18, 2026
Strategy's BTC Purchases Came Despite Debt Repurchase: On Friday, I discussed Strategy's announcement that it would repurchase ~$1.5B in aggregate principal amount of its 2029 convertible notes for an estimated ~$1.38B cash repurchase price. At the time, I had assumed much of last week's STRC issuance proceeds would be directed toward retiring this debt rather than purchasing BTC. Today's disclosures revealed Strategy did, in fact, use the proceeds from last week's capital raises to purchase nearly 25k BTC. In to...

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