Filing: Strategy sold 3,588 bitcoin for ~$216M between June 29 and July 5 to replenish its USD reserve; its holdings have an $11.4B paper loss at current prices
THE SO WHAT
Large holders selling 3,588 BTC to refill USD reserves underlines how volatile treasuries force operational decisions at awkward times. If your runway or collateral stack includes crypto, model forced-deleveraging scenarios explicitly—not as an edge case.
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