{"id":73899,"date":"2026-02-25T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73899"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:01:32","slug":"strategys-the-most-shorted-us-stock-whos-behind-the-massive-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73899","title":{"rendered":"Strategy’s The Most Shorted US Stock: Who’s Behind The Massive Position?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strategy<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<\/a>MSTR<\/a>) has become the most heavily shorted U.S. stock at 14% of market cap, but analysts say much of the positioning reflects basis trades rather than bearish bets.<\/p>\n

The Short Interest Surge<\/h3>\n

Short bets on Strategy equal 14% of its $34 billion market cap at the time of the FactSet <\/strong>and Goldman Sachs<\/strong> report<\/a>, making it the most shorted stock tracked among companies over $25 billion. Coinbase<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<\/a>COIN<\/a>) ranked fourth at 11%.<\/p>\n

The positioning coincides with roughly $7 billion in unrealized losses on Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <\/a>BTC<\/a>) holdings. <\/p>\n

The company holds 717,722 BTC worth $47 billion, purchased at an average price of $76,020 per coin.<\/p>\n

The Basis Trade Explanation<\/h3>\n

Analysts say the elevated short interest likely reflects MSTR\/BTC basis trades rather than outright bearish conviction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Traders buy Bitcoin spot ETFs like BlackRock\u2019s IBIT <\/strong><\/p>\n

Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) has become the most heavily shorted U.S. stock at 14% of market cap, but analysts say much of the positioning reflects basis trades rather than bearish bets. The Short Interest Surge Short bets on Strategy equal 14% of its $34 billion market cap at the time of the FactSet and Goldman Sachs report, […]<\/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-73899","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\/73899","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=73899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}