{"id":34509,"date":"2025-07-01T07:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34509"},"modified":"2025-07-01T07:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:46:37","slug":"james-chanos-shreds-michael-saylors-strategy-model-of-multiple-of-nav-valuation-famed-short-seller-says-it-is-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34509","title":{"rendered":"James Chanos Shreds Michael Saylor&#8217;s Strategy Model Of &#8216;Multiple of NAV&#8217; Valuation \u2014 Famed Short Seller Says &#8216;It Is Absurd&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Veteran short-seller <strong>James Chanos<\/strong> of Kynikos Associates is once again taking a shot at <strong>Strategy Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MSTR#NASDAQ\">MSTR<\/a>), calling its valuation framework not just flawed, but absurd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>On Monday, Chanos slammed Strategy\u2019s claim that its valuation should reflect not just the net asset value (NAV) of its Bitcoin holdings, but also a multiple on the unrealized gains, while speaking on Bloomberg\u2019s Odd Lots podcast.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/premium\/ideas\/benzinga-edge-2#:~:text=Turn%20Market%20Chaos,when%20markets%20rebound\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01014756\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-11.17.45-AM-1024x146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-967861\" style=\"width:920px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01014756\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-11.17.45-AM-1024x146.png 1024w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01014756\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-11.17.45-AM-300x43.png 300w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01014756\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-11.17.45-AM-768x110.png 768w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01014756\/Screenshot-2025-07-01-at-11.17.45-AM.png 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>What pushed him \u201cinto orbit,\u201d he says, was founder Michael Saylor&#8217;s argument that appreciation in Bitcoin should be treated like recurring profit, and capitalized accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/06\/46168953\/strategy-adds-4980-bitcoin-ups-total-stack-to-42-billion\">Strategy Adds 4,980 Bitcoin, Ups Total Stack To $42 Billion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He went on to mock this logic with an analogy. \u201cThat\u2019s like saying, my whole net worth is in a house that&#8217;s worth $400,000 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/25\/07\/46188290\/james-chanos-shreds-michael-saylors-strategy-model-of-multiple-of-nav-valuation-famed-short-seller-says-it\" alt=\"James\" chanos shreds michael saylor strategy model of nav valuation famed short seller says is absurd>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran short-seller James Chanos of Kynikos Associates is once again taking a shot at Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), calling its valuation framework not just flawed, but absurd. What Happened: On Monday, Chanos slammed Strategy\u2019s claim that its valuation should reflect not just the net asset value (NAV) of its Bitcoin holdings, but also a multiple on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-34509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}