Bitcoin sales are necessary for Strategy's digital credit business, Saylor says

Strategy’s recent Bitcoin sale appeared to clash with Saylor’s “never sell” mantra, but he says the move reflects how the company’s digital credit business works.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, defended the company’s recent Bitcoin sale, saying the ability to sell the asset is necessary to continue issuing “digital credit.”

Strategy disclosed its first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022 in a June 1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, offloading 32 BTC in a move that appeared at odds with Saylor’s long-running “never sell your Bitcoin” mantra.

In an interview with Cointelegraph at the BTC Prague conference, Saylor said that Bitcoin treasury companies must retain the ability to sell holdings when necessary to support dividend-paying securities and other Bitcoin-backed credit products.