“Not perfect, just better”: This is how Michael Saylor described Strategy’s approach in his latest post following the release of its Q1 2026 financial report. Despite reporting $14.46 billion in unrealized losses on its crypto holdings, the company’s chief outlined three future “perfect” product concepts, with STRC’s stock tied to Bitcoin serving as a kind of safe haven.
A key product that Thaler calls a safe haven is Stretch Preferred Stock, which carries the ticker STRC and has an annual yield of 11.5%. This measure allows the company to increase liquidity for additional Bitcoin purchases without immediately diluting its common stock.
It’s not perfect. It just got better. $STRC pic.twitter.com/mKGLiOfLvQ
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 7, 2026
In his new post, Thaler focuses on three technologies that will change the world: transportation, autonomous machines, robots working for humans, and Bitcoin as a digital vault, an asset that stores value over time.
Why Strategy stock rose 6.6% despite record losses in the first quarter
Strategy ended the first quarter of 2026 with a loss of $14.46 billion, according to a report published in the Wall Street Journal. This occurred because the Bitcoin market price at the end of March fell below the company’s average purchase price of $75,644. Nevertheless, MSTR stock rose 6.6% immediately after the news.
This paper loss will allow the company to recognize a tax benefit of $2.42 billion, effectively improving its long-term financial position. From April 1st to April 5th alone, the company acquired an additional 4,871 units. $BTCtotal reserves amount to 766,970 pieces $BTC.
In summary, for Saylor, even a loss of nearly $15 billion remains a temporary accounting. For investors, his “safe haven” represents a place to protect capital from inflation as the world moves toward robotics and artificial intelligence.
