BREAKING: Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy is poised to announce another major Bitcoin acquisition, signaling a massive new purchase after executing a record-shattering $1 billion single-day buy. The company, now the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, simultaneously proposed converting its STRC preferred stock to semi-monthly dividend payments—a structural move analysts predict will dramatically increase institutional demand for the instrument. With $2.25 billion in cash reserves, the scale of the impending Bitcoin purchase remains the only unanswered question as Saylor's latest social media chart reveals noticeably larger circles marking recent acquisitions.

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The STRC preferred series – branded “Stretch” – launched in mid-2024 at an 11.5% annualized yield, initially paying monthly dividends funded in part by Bitcoin treasury yields.

Volatility on the instrument has collapsed from 13% in its first eight months to 2.1% over the past two months, a compression driven by surging institutional demand that has pushed outstanding notional value to $6.4 billion.

The semi-monthly proposal doesn’t change the yield – 11.5% annualized remains fixed – but splits payment cadence to record dates on the 15th and last day of each month, pending Nasdaq compliance review and dual approval from both STRC holders and MSTR common shareholders.

Saylor’s stated rationale: “The proposed changes are intended to stabilize price, dampen cyclicality, drive liquidity, and grow demand.” He added the team views semi-monthly as “twice as good” as monthly for the instrument.

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If approved, STRC would be the only preferred security or equity globally paying dividends twice monthly , a structural differentiator that improves collateral utility for borrowing and tightens haircuts for institutional holders using it as leverage collateral.

That’s not a minor footnote. Better collateral terms mean more institutional capital can rotate into STRC without consuming as much balance sheet, which expands the buyer pool at the exact moment Saylor is telegraphing another large BTC purchase. The feedback loop here is deliberate: more demand for STRC funds more capital raises, which fund more BTC accumulation, which backstops the yield instrument.