- Strategy may sell bitcoins to pay dividends.
- The company reported major losses in the first quarter of 2026.
- The company currently holds 818,334 BTC, but preferred stock dividends raise questions about how the company will manage future financing.
Michael Saylor said Strategy may sell bitcoin to pay dividends after reporting large losses in the first quarter of 2026. This comment marked a clear departure from his regular statements that the company will continue to buy the coin and will never sell it.
We might sell some bitcoin to pay dividends, just to test the waters, to let the market know we’ve done it. Then market participants will understand that the company is fine, bitcoin is fine, the industry is fine, the world hasn’t ended,” Saylor said during the call. Conference on Strategy’s first-quarter earnings.
It appears that Saylor doesn’t consider the potential sale of cryptocurrencies a necessary measure. He says Strategy may sell some bitcoins to pay dividends and allay market concerns about the company’s ability to process payments.
Michael Saylor (top left) speaks during Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call
According to of the report Strategy reported a net loss of $12,54 billion for the first quarter, or $38,25 per common share. The company attributed this loss to a decline in the value of its Bitcoin holdings during the quarter.
As of May 3, 2026, the firm held 818,334 BTC. Its BTC reserves have grown by 22% year-to-date. Strategy also reported a 9,4% return and raised $11,68 billion in funding year-to-date.
Strategy is stable buys Bitcoin since August 2020. That’s when the company started using Bitcoin as its primary treasury asset. In February 2026, Saylor allayed concerns that his firm might be forced to sell its holdings during the cryptocurrency market downturn.
“I think we’ll be buying bitcoin every quarter for life,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
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