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Strategy chairman Michael Saylor has not ruled out the company offloading some Bitcoin as early as this year, after recently softening his long-held \u201cnever sell\u201d stance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s not unlikely that we’ll sell some Bitcoin between now and the end of the year,\u201d Saylor said during an interview with Natalie Brunell published<\/span><\/a> to YouTube on Friday.<\/p>\n Saylor said it is \u201calso likely\u201d that the company will sell a mix of equity and credit and manage its USD and cash holdings. \u201cWe do it in a very thoughtful programmatic fashion where we’re running our multivariate models, and we’re literally running them,\u201d Saylor said, noting the company is focused on long-term outcomes out to 2033:<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, the way to think of it is seven years out, we would like to have maximized our Bitcoin per share,\u201d Saylor said. <\/p>\n Michael Saylor spoke to Natalie Brunell on the Coin Stories podcast. Source: <\/em>Natalie Brunell<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n He added that an objective of the company is: \u201cWhat is it that we should be doing now that’s going to maximize and optimize the company’s performance so that we’ve maxed out Bitcoin per share seven years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n Strategy\u2019s (MSTR) stock price closed the trading day on Friday at $159.89, down 10.86% over the past 30 days, according<\/span><\/a> to Google Finance. It comes as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is lower than the average price that Strategy has paid for its Bitcoin, since it began acquiring in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the time of publication, Bitcoin is changing hands at $75,958, while Strategy has acquired its 843,768 Bitcoin at an average price of roughly $75,700 each, according<\/span><\/a> to Strategy\u2019s website and CoinMarketCap data<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Strategy\u2019s buy announcements over the years have often been viewed by the Bitcoin community as bullish signals, but because the company has never announced a sale before, it\u2019s unclear how the community would react.<\/p>\n Related: <\/strong><\/em>Saylor signals BTC buy as retail holders get push on STRC dividend vote<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n It comes just days after Saylor said he raised the possibility of selling Bitcoin during Strategy’s recent earnings call to protect the asset’s long-term interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe own about $65 billion worth of Bitcoin. If the market thought we would never sell it, the credit rating agencies would say, Well then, I guess it\u2019s not an asset,\u201d Saylor told Scott Melker on The Wolf Of All Streets podcast published<\/span><\/a> to YouTube on May 10.<\/p>\nBitcoin is trading lower than Strategy’s average purchase price<\/h2>\n