Strategy (MSTR) stock drops as bitcoin slips; traders eye new BTC buy and pricey funding
Strategy Inc shares closed down 3.6% at $132.68 Tuesday after disclosing a $204.1 million bitcoin purchase funded by $229.9 million in stock sales and $7.1 million from preferred shares. The company raised its preferred dividend rate to 11.50% starting March 1. Bitcoin fell 0.9% to $68,654. The next preferred dividend record date is March 15, with payment set for March 31.