Michael Saylor drops blunt verdict on Bitcoin’s hottest trend

It's no secret that billionaire Michael Saylor is the most bullish voice of Bitcoin (BTC).

Regardless of the direction its price moves, he has always publicly affirmed his faith in the cryptocurrency.

No wonder that Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the company he founded and turned into a BTC vehicle, is now the world's largest public corporate Bitcoin treasury.

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The company currently holds 843,738 Bitcoin on its balance sheet that it purchased for $63.87 billion. The value of its Bitcoin holdings stood at $64.89 billion at the time of writing.

But Bitcoin has lost significant value since the flash crash on Oct. 10 last year. The cryptocurrency, which hit the record high price of $126,080 on Oct. 6, 2025, is trading around 40% lower today.

The MSTR stock has also suffered a similar loss during the period. The stock reached as high as $365 in early October but is trading 55% lower at $162.66 at press time.

The company reported a loss of $12.54 billion during Q1 2026, with $14.46 billion unrealized loss on its Bitcoin holdings.

This prompted even Saylor to suggest that the company could sell a portion of its Bitcoin holdings to pay dividends. However, it hasn't happened so far.

Now, the Strategy founder has dropped his blunt verdict on the hottest trend in the Bitcoin space.

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Saylor highlights popularity of Strive's SATA and ASST

In an X post on May 22, Saylor revealed what he thought was the "most interesting story in Bitcoin right now," which is the rising popularity of Strive's financial instruments.

Strive is an investment firm co-founded by entrepreneur and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy that holds 15,391 Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

However, it reported a loss of $393.6 million for the period from Sep. 12, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025, which included a loss of $194.5 million on its Bitcoin holdings.

But Saylor highlighted that the company's common stock, ASST, and high-yield perpetual preferred stock, SATA, are gaining popularity in the markets.

The most interesting story in Bitcoin right now is the rise of $SATA in the credit markets and the embrace of $ASST by the equity capital markets.

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) May 22, 2026

While the equity capital markets are embracing ASST, the credit markets are embracing SATA, he highlighted.

While the ASST is a common stock, the SATA preferred stock borrows capital and issues interest-bearing bonds. Both instruments are used to raise capital for Bitcoin purchases among other purposes.

While the former's profile has grown in the equity markets, the latter's popularity has grown in the credit markets, Saylor argued.

As per Strive, SATA will turn into a 13% APR dividend paid every business day beginning June 16. It means the dividend frequency will rise from 12 payments a year to approximately 250 payments a year.

As far as ASST is concerned, the common stock has fallen from over $50 in early October last year to $18.30 at press time.

Saylor's praise for Strive's financial instruments is understandable, given that Strive's model is very similar to Strategy's model which also issues an MSTR common stock and a bunch of perpetual preferred stocks such as STRC, STRD, STRK, and STRF to raise capital for Bitcoin purchases.

Bitcoin was trading at $76,631 at the time of writing, as per CoinGecko.

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