{"id":66040,"date":"2026-01-02T11:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66040"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:31:34","slug":"did-saylors-bitcoin-bet-fail-strategys-17-5-billion-loss-numbers-stun-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66040","title":{"rendered":"Did Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin Bet Fail? Strategy\u2019s $17.5 Billion Loss Numbers Stun Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Market expert Andy has drawn attention to a significant loss that Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy took in the last quarter of 2025, mainly due to its Bitcoin exposure. Meanwhile, renowned economist Peter Schiff<\/a> also highlighted how the MSTR stock would have been one of the worst-performing stocks if the company were in the S&P 500.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy Posts $17.5 Billion Loss Amid Bitcoin Decline<\/h2>\n

In an X post<\/a>, Andy noted that Saylor\u2019s Strategy will report GAAP earnings for a fourth-quarter loss of $17.5 billion in 2025, which ranks as the largest quarterly loss in history. This follows Bitcoin\u2019s decline<\/a> in the fourth quarter, with the leading crypto dropping below $100,000. This caused this loss for the company, given its BTC exposure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin exposure also contributed to the MSTR stock\u2019s<\/a> massive decline last year as BTC fell. The stock recorded a 2025 loss of almost 50%, dropping to the low $150 from its high of around $450. In an X post<\/a>, Schiff noted that the stock\u2019s decline in 2025 would make it the 6th-worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 if Saylor\u2019s company were in the index. The economist again criticized Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin model, stating that buying BTC was basically all the company did, which he claimed has destroyed shareholder value.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, it is worth noting that Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin exposure contributed to the company\u2019s strong Q2 and Q3 earnings last year. In Q2, the company recorded $14 billion in GAAP operating income, while it recorded $3.9 billion in the third quarter. Furthermore, MSTR stock has remained one of the best-performing assets since Saylor and Strategy adopted BTC<\/a> in 2020. The stock is up over 260% in the last five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Schiff stated<\/a> that the MSTR stock will likely deliver even worse returns in 2026 than in 2025. He believes this would happen because of Bitcoin, which the economist expects to drop more this year than it did in 2025, putting stress on the MSTR shares in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reason To Still Be Bullish On Strategy and MSTR<\/h2>\n

Market expert Adam Livingston stated<\/a> that he remains bullish on Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy and MSTR stock because the company is hedging against inflation with Bitcoin rather than holding cash. Livingston noted that the real risk isn\u2019t the volatility with the MSTR stock<\/a> or market movement, but inflation, which continues to erode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The expert further declared that Bitcoin changes the risk equation, thanks to its scarcity, which helps protect companies like Strategy and individuals against \u2018money printing.\u2019 Interestingly, Livingston suggested that Saylor\u2019s company could become one of the most valuable in the world, thanks to its BTC exposure<\/a>. He noted that long-term purchasing power is the objective, and this is where he expects the company to stand out.<\/p>\n

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Market expert Andy has drawn attention to a significant loss that Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy took in the last quarter of 2025, mainly due to its Bitcoin exposure. Meanwhile, renowned economist Peter Schiff also highlighted how the MSTR stock would have been one of the worst-performing stocks if the company were in the S&P 500.\u00a0 Michael […]<\/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-66040","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\/66040","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=66040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}