{"id":3755,"date":"2024-12-05T04:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2024-12-05T04:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:03:29","slug":"michael-saylors-bitcoin-strategy-drives-microstrategys-490-surge-hedge-fund-cio-says-its-an-extreme-example-of-volatility-monetization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3755","title":{"rendered":"Michael Saylor&#8217;s Bitcoin Strategy Drives MicroStrategy&#8217;s 490% Surge, Hedge Fund CIO Says It&#8217;s An &#8216;Extreme Example&#8217; Of Volatility Monetization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>MicroStrategy Inc. <\/strong>(NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/MSTR#NASDAQ\">MSTR<\/a>) is attracting hedge fund interest through its convertible notes offerings, as co-founder <strong>Michael Saylor <\/strong>continues his aggressive <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) purchase strategy that has driven the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42331261\/bitcoin-hits-historic-100000-milestone-michael-saylor-gets-ready-for-party\">company\u2019s stock up more than 490% this year<\/a>, as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: Calamos Advisors LLC,<\/strong> among other major hedge funds, has appeared as a key player in MicroStrategy\u2019s $6 billion convertible note issuance this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-12-05\/convertible-bond-arbs-are-making-microstrategy-wall-street-s-hottest-trade\">reported<\/a> Bloomberg. <\/p>\n<p>These notes, created to finance the company\u2019s growing cryptocurrency holdings, have become attractive vehicles for market-neutral arbitrage strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConvertibles are a way &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/12\/42331483\/michael-saylors-bitcoin-strategy-drives-microstrategys-490-surge-hedge-fund-cio-says-its-a\" alt=\"Michael\" saylor bitcoin strategy drives microstrategy surge hedge fund cio says it an example of volatility monetization>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) is attracting hedge fund interest through its convertible notes offerings, as co-founder Michael Saylor continues his aggressive Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchase strategy that has driven the company\u2019s stock up more than 490% this year, as of Wednesday. What Happened: Calamos Advisors LLC, among other major hedge funds, has appeared as a key [&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-3755","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\/3755","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=3755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}