Michael Saylor Reveals Strategy Can Pay Dividends Forever at Just 2.3% Annual Bitcoin Growth

Michael Saylor affirms Strategy Inc can pay its dividends indefinitely with just 2.3% annual appreciation in Bitcoin price. The company holds 818,334 BTC in its corporate treasury, sitting at an unrealized profit of more than $4.5 billion.

Bitcoin 2.3% Annual Rise Enough to Pay Dividends Forever: Michael Saylor

In an X post on May 7, Strategy claimed Bitcoin sales can fund its dividends forever if Bitcoin’s annualized rate of return (ARR) is just 2.3%, assuming the capital structure remains unchanged. Michael Saylor confirmed the capability to pay dividends indefinitely.

In case of no Bitcoin growth, Strategy can pay dividends for 43 years. sell small portions of its Bitcoin holdings to fund dividends indefinitely. This shows that the company can leverage its massive Bitcoin treasury for its perpetual dividend payments.

As CoinGape reported, Michael Saylor proposed selling some Bitcoin holdings to fund dividends while allowing its digital asset treasury to continue expanding over time.

Strategy has acquired 818,334 BTC for $61.81 billion. At the current Bitcoin price, the holdings are worth $66.34 billion. This means Michael Saylor’s company is sitting at an unrealized profit of almost $4.5 billion.

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MSTR Stock Slips Further amid Bitcoin Fall

Michael Saylor’s pivot from “never sell” to considering selling some Bitcoin holdings has led to a drop in MSTR stock price and Bitcoin price. This comes as Strategy reported a net loss of $12.54 billion in Q1 2026.

MSTR stock price closed 0.043% lower at $186.82 on Wednesday, after falling more than 4% after financial results missed analysts’ estimates. The intraday low and high were $178.94 and $188.26, respectively.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin price has slumped below $81,000 as the US equity market sees a new high. The 24-hour low and high are $80,741 and $82,792, respectively. However, trading volume has increased slightly by 1% over the last 24 hours.

10x Research reported that crypto equities have rallied 36% in just two weeks. Traders are likely shifting back to the stock market amid hopes of a US-Iran peace deal.

Meanwhile, Peter Schiff attacks Michael Saylor again, saying “he’d suspend the dividend and crash STRC rather than crash Bitcoin.” He added that soaring deficits, a falling US dollar, rising inflation, and eroding confidence in the US fiscal position will continue putting upward pressure on long-term bond yields.

Yesterday @Saylor admitted that $MSTR would sell Bitcoin if needed to pay the dividend on $STRC. I think that type of "commitment" is needed to keep the Ponzi going longer. But my guess is when the time comes, he’d suspend the dividend and crash $STRC rather than crash Bitcoin.

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 6, 2026