{"id":61801,"date":"2025-12-04T03:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=61801"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:01:33","slug":"strategy-eyes-bitcoin-lending-partnerships-with-big-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=61801","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Eyes Bitcoin Lending Partnerships With Big Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strategy CEO Phong Le signaled the company may eventually lend part of its bitcoin holdings once large US banks fully enter the market with institutional-grade custody and lending infrastructure, while stressing that the core strategy remains to \u201cbuy and hold bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building A Dollar Buffer Around A Bitcoin Core<\/h2>\n

Speaking on Bloomberg Crypto on December 2, Le outlined<\/a> why the company built a $1.4 billion dollar reserve to fund dividends and interest, even as BTC price has endured a sharp drawdown from its early-October high near $125,000 to a brutal November that saw a further 17% decline before a rebound above $92,000.<\/p>\n

Le framed Strategy\u2019s balance sheet as a barbell between long-term BTC exposure and short-term cash obligations: \u201cWe have long-term strategy, which is to buy and hold bitcoin. That is our primary treasury reserve asset<\/a>. And we have short-term dollar obligations created because of the dividends we have on our preferred notes.\u201d<\/p>\n

To avoid being forced to sell<\/a> BTC when the company\u2019s equity trades close to or below the value of its underlying holdings, Strategy created a dedicated US dollar reserve: \u201cIf we want to really create a bulletproof balance sheet, let\u2019s have the global reserve digital asset, bitcoin, for the long term, and the global reserve digital currency for the short term. That is why I created the US dollar reserve, to pay down dividends in the short term any case that we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Le said Strategy recently issued equity \u201cin 8.5 days\u201d to pre-fund roughly 21 months of preferred dividends, and now aims to maintain a cash buffer equal to \u201ctwo to three years of dividends,\u201d a policy he expects to maintain for \u201cthe next five or 10 years\u201d before reassessing as the capital structure evolves.<\/p>\n

He defended the company\u2019s insistence on continuing the dividend, arguing that suspensions \u201ccreate fear, uncertainty, doubt\u201d and harm equity holders: \u201cOur objective is to pay the dividend into perpetuity. Never say never, but I think preserving the payment of the dividend [\u2026] is the right thing for the short term. It is also important for the bitcoin asset class.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, he sought to defuse concerns that Strategy is overleveraged or at imminent risk of selling BTC. Le said Strategy has \u201c12% leverage\u201d on its debt alone and \u201c27% leverage\u201d including preferreds, versus \u201c60% to 80%\u201d at a typical US public company. If the company continues to grow its cash reserves to cover multiple years of dividends, he said, \u201creally [we\u2019re] talking about the end of 2028\u201d before any realistic scenario where selling bitcoin to fund dividends might be considered.<\/p>\n

Le also pushed back against MSCI\u2019s suggestion<\/a> that \u201cdigital asset treasury\u201d companies may resemble funds and could be excluded from indices. He argued Strategy is a \u201cfully integrated, vertically integrated bitcoin operating company\u201d that buys bitcoin, issues securities, creates products, generates operating income and employs full corporate staff, and therefore should trade at a premium reflecting its ability \u201cto grow our treasury and our operating income over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

From HODL To Considering Bitcoin Lending<\/h2>\n

On lending, Le said Strategy has deliberately kept its business \u201cvery simple\u201d so far: \u201cWe buy and we hold bitcoin.\u201d
\nHowever, that may change as traditional finance ramps up BTC offerings: \u201cOver the course of the next year [\u2026] big, real banks will offer custody, lending service and staking and otherwise. I think when they enter that space and when they have different counterparties, it is something we would consider and be enthusiastic about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Le added that Strategy has already had \u201ca lot of constructive discussions\u201d with large US banks exploring bitcoin custody, exchange and lending and is \u201cexcited to partner with them\u201d once those platforms are fully in place.<\/p>\n

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $92,997.<\/p>\n

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Strategy CEO Phong Le signaled the company may eventually lend part of its bitcoin holdings once large US banks fully enter the market with institutional-grade custody and lending infrastructure, while stressing that the core strategy remains to \u201cbuy and hold bitcoin.\u201d Building A Dollar Buffer Around A Bitcoin Core Speaking on Bloomberg Crypto on December […]<\/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-61801","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\/61801","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=61801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}