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The variable rate perpetual preferred stock STRC issued by Strategy recently closed at $89, with an intraday low of $88.51, marking a recent low and a year-to-date decline of approximately 10.7%. STRC has a par value of $100 per share, and the current price is at a discount of about 11% to that benchmark.According to the official website of Strategy, the current annualized dividend yield for STRC is 11.50%, and this rate can be adjusted monthly. The company previously stated that its goal is to maintain the trading price of STRC close to the $100 level.

Bitcoin continues to be under pressure amid macro uncertainty and institutional funds' wait-and-see sentiment, with prices hovering around $64,500, down about 2% for the day. The market is awaiting the results of the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting, which will be chaired by Kevin Warsh for the first time, with widespread expectations that interest rates will remain unchanged in the range of 3.5% to 3.75%. Analysts point out that the focus of this meeting has shifted from "whether to cut interest rates" to "policy path and inflation signals." Current U.S. inflation is still considered to be at a near three-year high, and changes in energy prices and geopolitical situations have kept the market cautious about future policy directions. On-chain and institutional pressure is showing synchronized signs.Concerns surrounding Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) continue to ferment, with its preferred stock STRC dropping to $91.79 on June 16, over 8% below its par value of $100, seen as a signal of weakened corporate Bitcoin buying power. Although the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of about $10.1 million on June 16, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing the main increment, the scale of funds is still significantly lower than in previous phases, indicating limited buying momentum. Market research firms Bitfinex and QCP point out that Bitcoin's recent rebound is more of a "technically driven recovery due to exhausted selling pressure," rather than driven by new demand.In the derivatives market, implied volatility for options has risen, and skew has shifted towards bearish protection, indicating that traders are pricing in tail risks. In terms of price structure, Bitcoin is currently considered to be oscillating in the range of $60,000 to $68,000. If the Federal Reserve signals a more hawkish stance or institutional buying weakens further, it may pull back to the $62,000 to $63,000 range. Overall, the current market presents a combination structure of "macro waiting + institutional marginal weakening + enhanced derivatives defense," with the short-term direction still relying on FOMC policy signals and the situation of ETF and corporate funds flowing back in.

Bitget officially launched the AI trading strategy workflow layer GetAgent Playbook, marking the first time the Agent Harness framework is available to users. Users can select, preview, configure, and launch AI trading strategies from the Agent Playbook strategy library without having to write prompts themselves, all running in an isolated sub-account with auditable operations and transparent processes. Currently, this feature is available to GetAgent Plus and Pro users.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that AI trading is evolving from Q&A to workflows, with prompt configuration being the biggest source of complexity. The Playbook allows users to easily transform trading ideas into Agent runnable and adjustable strategies through a ready-to-use strategy library (Agent Playbook).As of now, Bitget's AI trading tools have attracted over 1 million users, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding $1.2 billion. The Agent Hub covers 9 major modules and 57 tools, supporting read-only mode, simulated trading environments, and Agent exclusive sub-accounts, completely isolating agent operational permissions from the main account, and integrating the entire business chain of spot trading, contracts, copy trading, and wealth management, while exclusively supporting trading of tokenized assets in the US stock market.

10x Research analysis points out that the Bitcoin yield-enhanced exchange-traded fund BITA launched by BlackRock may have design flaws in its strategy. By generating income through selling call options, it may lead investors to underperform against spot Bitcoin in most market environments, or fail to achieve ideal absolute returns.10x Research believes that BITA executes the call option selling strategy monthly according to fixed rules, and regardless of whether Bitcoin rises, consolidates, or falls, investors may make unfavorable trade-offs between income and upside potential; its proposed framework emphasizes "timing and conditional execution," obtaining option premiums only when market conditions are favorable. The high volatility of Bitcoin mainly stems from information asymmetry among market participants and a highly marketed market environment. For a long time, many investors have attempted to capture this volatility return through systematic strategies, but most have not succeeded.

According to BBX data, ahead of the FOMC meeting yesterday and under the dual catalyst of the US-Iran agreement, the sentiment for cryptocurrency concept stocks has significantly warmed up. The core dynamics are as follows:Strategy, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MSTR) rose 3.18% to $123.97 on June 15, marking one of several days of recovery; Bitcoin rose to about $64,000 during the same period, but there remains about a 15% discount compared to the company's average price of $75,680 for 843,738 BTC. The company's most important balance sheet action recently came from the SEC 8-K on May 25: repurchasing $1.5 billion in face value convertible bonds maturing in 2029 for about $1.38 billion in cash (completed at about an 8% discount to face value), reducing the convertible bond stock from $8.2 billion to $6.7 billion, generating a BTC Yield of 0.7% and a BTC Gain of about 4,391 BTC; as of May 25, USD reserves were $871 million, and the company stated it would "supplement reserves over time based on market conditions"; since the beginning of 2026, the cumulative BTC Yield is 13.3%. Phong Le (CEO): This transaction "reflects the discipline of using comprehensive capital management tools in debt management"; Saylor previously stated that Strategy still had assets covering all debts when BTC fell to $8,000, implying resilience in extreme scenarios.Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) was listed by CoinGape in a June 15 research report as one of the "three cryptocurrency concept stocks to watch" ahead of this week's FOMC (the other two being $MSTR and $BMNR); currently, BTC is about $64,000 and ETH is about $1,660, with the market pricing a 97.4% probability of no interest rate hike at the FOMC on June 17 (2.6% for a rate cut, 0% for a rate hike); the significant US-Iran agreement (over the weekend of June 14-15) has driven a comprehensive rebound in risk assets, with a sharp drop in oil prices easing inflationary pressures, providing additional support for the recovery of sentiment in the cryptocurrency market—if the FOMC dot plot does not show unexpectedly hawkish signals, Coinbase's prediction market and institutional custody business are expected to benefit from the dual improvement in trading volume and asset scale brought about by the recovery of BTC trends.

According to Tech in Asia, Salesforce announced the acquisition of the AI customer service product Fin for approximately $3.6 billion, with the deal expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2027. Following the announcement, Salesforce's pre-market stock price rose by 1.1%.Fin is an AI customer service product that can seamlessly collaborate with existing help desk systems such as Salesforce and Zendesk. This acquisition will complement Salesforce's Agentforce platform, which already covers multiple business scenarios including sales, service, marketing, and commerce, and connects AI agents with enterprise data through Data Cloud.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 15, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $100 million, a decrease of 0.99% compared to last week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) spent approximately $100 million last week to purchase 1,587 Bitcoins at a price of $63,024, increasing its total holdings to 846,842 Bitcoins. The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking two consecutive months without purchases. Additionally, other listed companies did not purchase Bitcoin. As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) is 1,121,341 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.5% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.424 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 15, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) for the week was $100 million, a decrease of 0.99% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) spent approximately $100 million last week to purchase 1,587 Bitcoins at a price of $63,024, increasing its total holdings to 846,842 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking two consecutive months without purchases.In addition, the remaining listed companies did not purchase any Bitcoin.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,121,341 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.50% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.424 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strategy to the SEC, the company purchased 1,587 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $63,024 from June 8 to June 14, 2026, totaling about $100 million, with funding sourced from the MSTR stock ATM program.During the same period, the company sold 1.7326 million shares of MSTR common stock through the ATM, raising approximately $209 million. As of June 14, 2026, Strategy held a total of 846,842 bitcoins, with a total holding cost of approximately $64.07 billion and an average price of about $75,656.

Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Strategy Company, has once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker, with the caption: "Still adding dots."According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses information about increasing Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated on social media, "I haven't sold a single satoshi of my Bitcoin holdings, and Strategy is still executing the accumulation strategy."Note: A satoshi is the smallest unit of Bitcoin, with 1 BTC equivalent to 100 million satoshis. Michael Saylor previously mentioned to never sell your own Bitcoin, but never stated that the company cannot sell.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor discussed the "Strategy selling Bitcoin" related discussions at the BTC Prague event, stating that he has never said the company cannot sell Bitcoin, and has always emphasized that investors should not easily sell their own Bitcoin.Saylor stated that anyone who has followed the company's earnings call or public disclosure documents over the past five years should be clear that Strategy has always clearly stated that the company will certainly sell Bitcoin when necessary, and this statement has never changed.

Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor recently stated that the current cryptocurrency market is in fierce competition, with ongoing struggles between Ethereum, Solana, and BNB. Sui was once seen as the "next Solana," but that narrative has collapsed, and now the market is starting to focus on Hyperliquid.Meanwhile, in the Layer 2 space, projects like Arbitrum and Base are also in intense competition. All this competition has weakened the "currency premium" that these cryptocurrencies were originally assigned.Saylor believes that even the most steadfast supporters of these tokens are beginning to realize that they are not currencies and will not gain the premium associated with currency attributes; future value will depend on actual utility.The past 12 months have been an extremely favorable period for Bitcoin, further solidifying its position as the dominant digital currency network. The market has established Bitcoin as "digital capital" and has proven that the concept of "digital credit" is viable.

Strategy CEO Phong Le responded to criticism regarding the company's first sale of Bitcoin since 2022 in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, stating that the move was a deliberate limited test aimed at demonstrating operational flexibility rather than abandoning the belief in holding assets. Between May 26 and 31, Strategy sold 32 BTC (approximately $2.5 million) at an average price of $77,135, which accounted for only 0.004% of its total holdings, but it triggered a strong market reaction.Le listed three reasons for the sale: to prove the company's ability to sell when necessary, to confirm that internal disposal processes are fully operational, and to capture tax loss opportunities. He emphasized that the sale was not due to financial difficulties, and the company did not need to sell assets to pay STRC preferred stock dividends, while still net buying about 1,500 BTC during the same period. Le admitted that the most intense criticism came from retail investors and "crypto anarchists," while institutional shareholders were not unsettled by it."We will sell when it benefits common stock shareholders." Currently, Bitcoin is priced at about $61,600, down over 40% from last October's peak of $126,198, and MSTR's stock price has fallen about 67% from its 52-week high. As of the end of May, Strategy held 845,256 BTC and resumed purchases in early June.

According to Cryptopolitan, Japanese gaming company Enish has liquidated all of its 8.063 bitcoins at a loss of approximately $160,000 and is shifting to a Solana ecosystem staking strategy, targeting an annual yield of 6% to 8%. The company stated that the DAT 1 strategy, which relies on the rise in cryptocurrency asset prices, has become increasingly difficult to sustain amid market volatility, while the DAT 2 strategy, which generates continuous income through staking and validator operations, has become the new direction.Enish plans to use the approximately $46,000 raised from the sale of bitcoins and the issuance of warrants and bonds for Solana validator operations and has contacted Japanese Solana infrastructure provider Solplanet to utilize its white-label validator program. This is the second publicly listed company to abandon hoarding bitcoin reserves within ten days.

Investment bank TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza reiterated a buy rating on Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR), with a target price of $400.

According to data from BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the trading volume of the Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (stock ticker MSTR) has surpassed that of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, becoming the 27th largest stock by trading volume in the United States.