Strategy CEO Fong Lee has a message for anyone still wondering whether the company might one day dump its Bitcoin: relax. That’s basically the last page of the playbook. Summary Strategy CEO Fong Lee reaffirmed the company’s Bitcoin-maximalist playbook. BTC sales would only happen in a worst-case, multi-year meltdown, he says Lee touted the firm’s new perpetual preferred shares as a long-term capital engine, arguing they make Strategy more resilient than spot ETFs. Months after musing on a podcast that Strategy could sell Bitcoin (BTC) to fund dividends if its…
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Will Strategy Liquidate Bitcoin Holdings? CEO Provides Concerning Clues
In a turbulent market marked by falling prices, Bitcoin (BTC) has once again dipped below the $85,000 threshold, driven by growing speculation that Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, may be on the verge of selling some of its Bitcoin holdings. This intensified after a recent interview on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, during which Strategy CEO Phong Le was directly asked whether the company would consider parting with any of its BTC holdings. While the firm’s former CEO, Michael Saylor, has consistently maintained a resolute stance against selling, Le’s comments…
Tether CEO Rails Against S&P, Says Influencers Targeting Tether With FUD
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino and market analysts pushed back against S&P Global’s downgraded rating of USDt’s (USDT) ability to maintain its US dollar peg, saying that the ratings agency did not account for all of Tether’s assets and revenues. The Tether Group’s total assets at the end of Q3 2025 totaled about $215 billion, while its total stablecoin liabilities were about $184.5 billion, according to Ardoino, who referenced Tether’s Q3 attestation report. He added: “Tether had, at the end of Q3 2025, about $7 billion in excess equity, on top…
Strategy May Sell Bitcoin If mNAV Drops and No Capital is Available: CEO
Strategy would consider selling Bitcoin only if its stock falls below net asset value and the company loses access to fresh capital, CEO Phong Le said in a recent interview. Le told the What Bitcoin Did show that if Strategy’s multiple to net asset value (mNAV) were to slip under one and financing options dry up, unloading Bitcoin becomes “mathematically” justified to protect what he calls “Bitcoin yield per share.” However, he noted that the move would be a last resort, not a policy shift. “I would not want to…
Ethereum Is 58% ‘Undervalued’ Based On Intrinsic Metrics, Says Hashed CEO
Ethereum is trading far below its modeled “intrinsic value,” according to a live valuation dashboard launched by Hashed CEO Simon Kim. On ETHval (ethval.com), the current snapshot shows Ethereum at a spot price of $3,034.0 while the reliability-weighted “Composite Fair Value” stands at $4,777.5, implying +57.8% upside versus the market. The median fair value across models is $4,026.68, or +33.8% above spot. The dashboard labels ETH “UNDERVALUED” and aggregates its eight models into five buy, one hold and two sell signals. How The Fair Value Of Ethereum Is Calculated Kim…
Trump-Linked Alt5 Sigma Treasury Company Dumps CEO, COO
ALT5 Sigma, a crypto treasury company with ties to US President Donald Trump, replaced CEO Jonathan Hugh and cut ties with chief operating officer Ron Pitters in November as part of a broader leadership overhaul. Tony Isaac, the president of ALT5 Sigma and a member of the company’s board of directors, has been appointed as acting CEO, while the company works with Hugh to “finalize the terms of his departure,” according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing submitted on Wednesday. ALT5 Sigma’s crypto treasury strategy includes purchasing tokens…
CEO Reveals Ripple’s XRP Is Driving A JPMorgan Competitor, Is SWIFT Next?
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Teucrium Trading, Sal Gilbertie, has given a bold endorsement of Ripple and XRP, positioning the crypto payments company as a potential competitor to JPMorgan Chase. He described Ripple as a highly interconnected ecosystem that could scale globally once it acquires a banking license. As Ripple grows to challenge the largest bank in the US, it raises the question about how its rapidly expanding network could also rival legacy banking systems like SWIFT. Ripple Positioned As New JPMorgan And SWIFT Rival Crypto enthusiast and XRP…
Blockchain is Struggling to Hold onto its Original Purpose: Aztec CEO
Blockchain is being pulled between traditional finance and its decentralized ethos as the industry shifts to serve institutional products. Zac Williamson, CEO of Aztec Labs, said early decentralized governance failures shifted blockchain’s trajectory away from community coordination. “There is a real risk that blockchain just becomes a slightly more efficient settlement layer than Visa or Mastercard,” he told Cointelegraph. “If we lose the social coordination side of this, then the entire point of the technology gets hollowed out.” Williamson entered the blockchain field from an academic background. He left particle…
VanEck CEO warns on Bitcoin encryption and privacy
VanEck sees quantum threats and privacy gaps in Bitcoin. Summary VanEck CEO warns on Bitcoin encryption and privacy VanEck considers Zcash as Bitcoin faces quantum risks Industry experts debate Bitcoin’s quantum computing threat VanEck CEO Jan van Eck questioned Bitcoin’s encryption and privacy protections during a recent appearance on CNBC’s Power Lunch, stating the asset management firm could withdraw from the cryptocurrency if fundamental technological concerns are not addressed. Speaking alongside anchor Brian Sullivan, van Eck said challenges facing Bitcoin extend beyond price volatility, pointing to technological weaknesses within the…
VanEck CEO Warns Quantum Computing Poses Risk to Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s encryption and privacy could be at risk from quantum computing, but it is still a good investment for now, says Jan van Eck, CEO of investment manager VanEck. “There is something else going on within the Bitcoin community that non-crypto people need to know about,” van Eck told CNBC on Saturday. “The Bitcoin community has been asking itself: Is there enough encryption in Bitcoin? Because quantum computing is coming.” He said that the company believes in Bitcoin (BTC), but it was around before the cryptocurrency launched and “will walk…