Strategy is Trapped & in Crisis — "It's Basically a Hedge Fund Now" | Jeff Dorman & Matt Walsh

Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought itself time, but did it actually solve the problem? David sits down with Jeff Dorman and Matt Walsh to unpack Strategy’s increasingly complex capital structure, why $STRC and MSTR are now fighting for oxygen, whether Saylor may need to sell Bitcoin, and why the company is starting to look less like a levered BTC play and more like an actively managed hedge fund.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:30 Can Stretch Return to 100?

4:00 Explaining the New Framework

4:43 Can the Capital Stack Coexist?

6:39 Refunding the Converts

8:32 MNAV Near the Breaking Point

11:15 Option Value or Investor Betrayal

15:37 Legal Risk and Retail Exposure

19:52 Buying Time, Not Solving It

22:20 Scenario Odds After the Pivot

24:54 Sell Bitcoin or Wait

28:59 M&A as a New Path

34:13 Temporary Relief, Future Crash

36:21 Slow Bleed, Not Bankruptcy

40:58 Bitcoin Needs a Bigger Narrative

46:56 Would Jeff Buy Stretch?

48:26 Is the Model Actually Genius?

52:09 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Matt Walsh

https://x.com/MattWalshInBos

Jeff Dorman

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