Michael Saylor is signaling another aggressive Bitcoin accumulation for Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).

This signals that the firm is down on its high-stakes treasury strategy even as its MSTR stock falters.

Why Saylor is Teasing a New Bitcoin Buy for Strategy

On December 21, Saylor posted a cryptic image to X captioned “Green Dots ₿eget Orange Dots,” referencing the company’s “SaylorTracker” portfolio visualization.

Green Dots ₿eget Orange Dots. pic.twitter.com/aLdvPe4YuG

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) December 21, 2025

The post continues a year-long pattern Saylor has used to hint at a new BTC purchase. Notably, such a weekend teaser is usually followed by a Monday morning SEC filing confirming a significant acquisition.

Meanwhile, a new purchase would add to an already staggering hoard.

As of press time, Strategy held 671,268 BTC—valued at roughly $50.3 billion—representing 3.2% of the total Bitcoin supply.

However, the market has punished the stock in 2025. MSTR shares have collapsed 43% year-to-date to trade around $165, mirroring Bitcoin’s 30% retreat from its October peak of $126,000.

While the company touts a “BTC Yield” of 24.9%—a proprietary metric measuring the accretion of Bitcoin per share—institutional investors are increasingly focused on the looming external risks rather than internal yield metrics.

However, the most immediate threat to Saylor’s strategy is not Bitcoin’s price, but a potential regulatory reclassification.

MSCI is considering removing Strategy Inc. from its global indices during its February review. The index provider has flagged concerns that the firm now functions more like an investment vehicle than an operating company.

Market analysts have pointed out that the financial implications of such a move are severe.

JPMorgan estimates that an exclusion would trigger approximately $11.6 billion in forced selling as passive ETFs and index-tracking funds liquidate their MSTR positions.

This mechanical selling pressure could decouple the stock from its Bitcoin holdings, creating a liquidity spiral.

In response, Strategy has launched a vigorous defense.

The firm called the MSCI proposal “arbitrary, discriminatory, and unworkable,” arguing that it unfairly targets digital asset companies while ignoring other holding-heavy conglomerates.

“The proposal improperly injects policy considerations into indexing. The proposal conflicts with U.S. policy and would stifle innovation,” it argued.

So, Saylor’s potential new purchase serves a dual purpose: it lowers the company’s average cost basis during a market correction, but more importantly, it signals to the market that despite the MSCI threat and the stock’s poor performance, the “all-in” strategy remains unchanged.

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BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is set to close 2025 as a top-tier force in the US financial landscape. The fund achieved a rare feat in asset management by raising billions of dollars while losing money for its investors.

Data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence confirms that IBIT secured the sixth spot on the US ETF leaderboard by net inflows.

Institutional ‘Dip Buying’ Drives $25 Billion into IBIT Despite Negative Returns

The fund attracted $25.4 billion in fresh capital throughout the year, outpacing traditional heavyweights such as the Invesco QQQ Trust and the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD).

This capital flood occurred despite a stark divergence in asset performance.

$IBIT is the only ETF on the 2025 Flow Leaderboard with a negative return for the year. CT's knee-jerk reaction is to whine about the return but the real takeaway is that is was 6th place DESPITE the negative return (Boomers putting on a HODL clinic). Even took in more than $GLD… pic.twitter.com/68uq3HFRuO

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) December 19, 2025

While gold surged nearly 65% in 2025—driven by central bank buying and geopolitical hedging—IBIT posted a year-to-date loss of 9.59%.

The fund’s performance suffered as Bitcoin retreated approximately 30% from its October record high of $126,173, trading near $88,000.

Typically, negative returns trigger capital flight.

However, IBIT’s ability to attract $25 billion during a correction signals a fundamental shift in investor behavior. It shows that institutional allocators are systematically buying the dip rather than panic-selling volatility.

Considering this, Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas characterized the inflows as a definitive bullish signal for the asset’s long-term trajectory.

“IBIT is the only ETF on the 2025 Flow Leaderboard with a negative return for the year,” Balchunas stated.

Meanwhile, James Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus, argues that these flows validate the “financialization” of Bitcoin.

According to him, the digital asset now behaves less like a speculative tech stock and more like a mature macro commodity.

“Watching how Bitcoin now trades, the market microstructure and narrative management increasingly resemble the way gold behaved for decades under heavy institutional influence, with price action reflecting not just fundamental demand, but also positioning, product design, and the preferences of large financial intermediaries,” he added.

For the broader market, BlackRock IBIT’s 2025 performance proves that the Bitcoin ETF is not a fad. It has successfully entrenched itself in institutional portfolios, flipping gold as the preferred “alternative” allocation even when the precious metal vastly outperforms on price.

As the year ends with Bitcoin trading at a discount to its highs, the smart money is betting that the infrastructure BlackRock built will drive the next leg up.

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Tether is pushing beyond its role as a backend stablecoin issuer and moving directly to the end user.

On December 20, Paolo Ardoino, the firm’s CEO, disclosed that he was hiring a Lead Software Engineer to build a self-custodial mobile wallet that integrates the company’s massive liquidity with its nascent artificial intelligence division.

Tether’s Planned Mobile Crypto Wallet

The recruitment posting offers the most specific look yet at Tether’s consumer strategy.

Ardoino envisions a “100% self-custodial” mobile application designed to serve as a fortress for a strict asset basket.

Unlike general-purpose wallets that support thousands of speculative tokens, Tether’s product will support only four assets. These include Bitcoin (BTC) via the Lightning Network, Tether (USDT), the gold-pegged XAUT, and USAT, the firm’s new US-compliant stablecoin.

Imagine a wallet that supports only BTC (also via LN), USDT, USAT, XAUT.
And will have local private AI integration via QVAC. https://t.co/BCyqjob1Sh

— Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) December 20, 2025

This restricted asset list signals a clear strategic intent. Tether is building a “hard money” payment rail, ignoring the broader decentralized finance (DeFi) casino in favor of pure payments and store-of-value assets.

Meanwhile, the announcement confirms the wallet will be powered by two proprietary technologies, including the Wallet Development Kit (WDK) and QVAC.

While WDK handles the non-custodial financial architecture, the integration of QVAC (Tether’s local AI computing platform) is the key differentiator.

Ardoino detailed a vision in which the wallet features a “local private AI integration,” allowing users to run advanced automated tasks directly on their devices.

By processing data locally with QVAC rather than routing it to the cloud, Tether aims to deliver the functionality of an AI-powered financial assistant.

The approach is designed to avoid the privacy trade-offs typically associated with Big Tech platforms.

Moreover, the move underscores Tether’s shift from an infrastructure provider to a consumer-facing tech giant. It builds on last week’s launch of PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager designed to eliminate reliance on cloud storage.

Indeed, these product lines demonstrate that the company is aggressively verticalizing its stack.

Tether would control the wallet interface, the underlying stablecoins USDT and USAT, the security layer via PearPass, and the intelligence stack via QVAC.

This structure reduces reliance on third-party platforms and strengthens the company’s operational autonomy.

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Michael Saylor menandakan aksi akumulasi Bitcoin besar-besaran lagi untuk Strategy (sebelumnya MicroStrategy).

Ini menunjukkan perusahaan tersebut tetap berpegang pada strategi treasury berisiko tinggi walau saham MSTR sedang melemah.

Kenapa Saylor Mengisyaratkan Pembelian Bitcoin Baru untuk Strategi

Pada 21 Desember, Saylor membagikan gambar misterius di X dengan keterangan “Green Dots ₿eget Orange Dots,” yang mengacu pada visualisasi portofolio “SaylorTracker” milik perusahaannya.

Green Dots ₿eget Orange Dots. pic.twitter.com/aLdvPe4YuG

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) December 21, 2025

Postingan ini melanjutkan pola selama setahun terakhir yang digunakan Saylor untuk memberi sinyal adanya pembelian BTC baru. Menariknya, biasanya teaser di akhir pekan seperti ini akan diikuti dengan pengumuman resmi ke SEC pada Senin pagi yang mengonfirmasi akuisisi besar.

Pembelian baru ini nantinya bakal menambah tumpukan yang sudah sangat besar.

Pada saat berita ini diterbitkan, Strategy memegang 671.268 BTC—senilai kurang lebih US$50,3 miliar—atau sekitar 3,2% dari total suplai Bitcoin.

tetapi pasar memberi tekanan pada sahamnya di tahun 2025. Harga saham MSTR anjlok 43% sepanjang tahun dan kini diperdagangkan di sekitar US$165, mengikuti koreksi Bitcoin 30% dari puncak US$126.000 pada Oktober.

Walau perusahaan mengklaim punya “BTC Yield” sebesar 24,9%—ukuran eksklusif tentang pertumbuhan Bitcoin per saham—investor institusi kini lebih fokus pada berbagai risiko eksternal yang membayangi dibandingkan metrik hasil internal.

tapi, ancaman paling nyata bagi strategi Saylor saat ini bukanlah harga Bitcoin, melainkan kemungkinan perubahan regulasi terhadap kategori perusahaan.

MSCI sedang mempertimbangkan untuk mengeluarkan Strategy Inc. dari indeks globalnya pada evaluasi bulan Februari. Penyedia indeks tersebut menyoroti kekhawatiran karena perusahaan itu kini lebih mirip vehicle investasi daripada perusahaan operasional.

Analis pasar menegaskan bahwa dampak keuangan dari langkah itu sangat serius.

JPMorgan memperkirakan jika Strategy benar-benar dikeluarkan, sekitar US$11,6 miliar akan terkena forced selling karena ETF pasif dan dana indeks harus melikuidasi posisi mereka di MSTR.

Tekanan jual secara mekanis ini bisa saja membuat harga saham terlepas dari nilai kepemilikan Bitcoinnya, dan berujung pada spiral likuiditas.

Untuk menanggapinya, Strategy meluncurkan pembelaan yang sangat kuat.

Perusahaan menyebut proposal MSCI itu “arbitrary, discriminatory, and unworkable,” dan menilai kebijakan ini tidak adil karena menargetkan perusahaan aset digital saja dan mengabaikan konglomerat lain yang juga dominan dalam kepemilikan.

“The proposal improperly injects policy considerations into indexing. The proposal conflicts with U.S. policy and would stifle innovation,” terang mereka.

Jadi, potensi pembelian baru dari Saylor ini punya dua tujuan: menurunkan rata-rata harga beli perusahaan selama pasar sedang terkoreksi, dan yang paling penting, memberi sinyal kepada pasar bahwa meski dihadapkan pada ancaman MSCI serta performa saham yang buruk, strategi “all-in” mereka tetap tak berubah.

BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) diprediksi akan menutup tahun 2025 sebagai kekuatan papan atas di dunia keuangan Amerika Serikat. Dana ini berhasil mencetak prestasi langka di manajemen aset dengan menghimpun dana miliaran US$ meskipun mengalami kerugian bagi investornya.

Data yang dihimpun Bloomberg Intelligence mengonfirmasi bahwa IBIT menempati posisi keenam dalam daftar exchange-traded fund (ETF) AS dengan arus masuk dana bersih terbesar.

Pembelian Dip oleh Institusi Dorong US$25 Miliar Masuk ke IBIT Meski Return Negatif

Sepanjang tahun ini, dana IBIT menarik modal segar sebesar US$25,4 miliar, mengalahkan pemain besar seperti Invesco QQQ Trust dan SPDR Gold Trust (GLD).

Banjir modal ini terjadi walaupun terjadi perbedaan besar pada performa asetnya.

$IBIT is the only ETF on the 2025 Flow Leaderboard with a negative return for the year. CT's knee-jerk reaction is to whine about the return but the real takeaway is that is was 6th place DESPITE the negative return (Boomers putting on a HODL clinic). Even took in more than $GLD… pic.twitter.com/68uq3HFRuO

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) December 19, 2025

Di sisi lain, harga emas melonjak hampir 65% di 2025 — didorong pembelian oleh bank sentral dan aksi lindung nilai geopolitik — sementara IBIT justru mencatat kerugian sebesar 9,59% secara year-to-date.

Kinerja dana ini terpukul karena Bitcoin terkoreksi sekitar 30% dari rekor tertingginya pada Oktober di US$126.173, kini diperdagangkan dekat US$88.000.

Biasanya, hasil negatif akan menyebabkan dana keluar dari produk tersebut.

namun, kemampuan IBIT menghimpun US$25 miliar saat terjadi koreksi menunjukkan adanya perubahan mendasar pada perilaku investor. Ini membuktikan bahwa pelaku institusi kini memilih membeli saat harga turun, bukan panik jual akibat volatilitas.

Menanggapi hal ini, Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst Bloomberg, menggambarkan arus masuk modal tersebut sebagai sinyal bullish dan menandakan peluang jangka panjang bagi aset ini.

“IBIT adalah satu-satunya ETF di Flow Leaderboard 2025 yang mencatatkan return negatif sepanjang tahun,” ujar Balchunas.

Di sisi lain, James Thorne, Chief Market Strategist Wellington-Altus, berpendapat bahwa arus ini menjadi bukti “financialization” Bitcoin.

Menurut dia, kini aset digital ini semakin berperilaku seperti komoditas ekonomi makro yang matang, bukan saham teknologi spekulatif.

“Melihat bagaimana Bitcoin diperdagangkan saat ini, struktur mikro pasar dan pengelolaan narasinya makin mirip dengan cara emas bergerak selama puluhan tahun di bawah pengaruh institusi besar, di mana aksi harga bukan hanya mencerminkan permintaan fundamental, tapi juga posisi, desain produk, dan preferensi perantara keuangan besar,” papar dia menambahkan.

Bagi pasar yang lebih luas, kinerja IBIT BlackRock pada 2025 membuktikan bahwa exchange-traded fund (ETF) Bitcoin bukan tren sesaat. Produk ini kini sudah kokoh dalam portofolio institusi, bahkan mulai menggantikan emas sebagai alokasi “alternatif” pilihan, meski harga logam mulia itu tahun ini masih jauh lebih unggul.

Di akhir tahun, ketika harga Bitcoin masih di bawah puncak tertingginya, investor cerdas optimistis bahwa infrastruktur yang dibangun BlackRock akan mendorong reli selanjutnya.

Tether kini bergerak melampaui perannya sebagai penerbit stablecoin di belakang layar dan mulai menyasar langsung ke pengguna akhir.

Pada 20 Desember, Paolo Ardoino, CEO perusahaan tersebut, mengungkapkan bahwa dirinya sedang merekrut Lead Software Engineer untuk membangun mobile wallet self-custodial yang akan mengintegrasikan likuiditas besar milik perusahaan dengan divisi artificial intelligence yang sedang berkembang.

Rencana Dompet Crypto Mobile dari Tether

Pengumuman rekrutmen ini memberikan gambaran paling spesifik sejauh ini tentang strategi Tether untuk konsumen.

Ardoino membayangkan sebuah aplikasi mobile “100% self-custodial” yang didesain sebagai benteng untuk sejumlah aset terpilih yang ketat.

Berbeda dengan wallet umum yang mendukung ribuan token spekulatif, produk Tether hanya akan mendukung empat aset. Aset tersebut adalah Bitcoin (BTC) melalui Lightning Network, Tether (USDT), XAUT yang dipatok ke emas, serta USAT, stablecoin baru perusahaan yang sudah sesuai regulasi AS.

Imagine a wallet that supports only BTC (also via LN), USDT, USAT, XAUT.
And will have local private AI integration via QVAC. https://t.co/BCyqjob1Sh

— Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) December 20, 2025

Daftar aset yang terbatas ini menunjukkan niat strategis yang jelas. Tether sedang membangun jalur pembayaran “hard money”, mengabaikan ranah decentralized finance (DeFi) yang lebih luas demi fokus ke pembayaran murni dan aset penyimpan nilai.

Sementara itu, pengumuman ini juga memastikan wallet akan didukung oleh dua teknologi milik perusahaan, yakni Wallet Development Kit (WDK) dan QVAC.

Saat WDK menangani arsitektur keuangan non-custodial, integrasi QVAC (platform AI lokal milik Tether) menjadi pembeda utamanya.

Ardoino menjabarkan sebuah visi di mana wallet memiliki fitur “integrasi AI pribadi lokal”, sehingga pengguna bisa menjalankan tugas otomatis canggih langsung di perangkat mereka.

Dengan memproses data secara lokal lewat QVAC, bukan mengirimkannya ke cloud, Tether ingin menghadirkan kemampuan asisten keuangan berbasis AI.

Pendekatan ini dirancang agar pengguna dapat menghindari risiko privasi yang umumnya terjadi di platform Big Tech.

Selain itu, langkah ini juga menegaskan perubahan Tether dari penyedia infrastruktur menjadi raksasa teknologi yang berhadapan langsung dengan konsumen. Langkah ini melanjutkan rilis PearPass minggu lalu, yaitu pengelola password peer-to-peer yang menghilangkan kebutuhan penyimpanan cloud.

Faktanya, lini produk terbaru ini menunjukkan bahwa perusahaan sedang agresif dalam memperkuat kendali di seluruh stack layanannya.

Tether bakal mengendalikan antarmuka wallet, stablecoin USDT dan USAT sebagai fondasinya, lapisan keamanan melalui PearPass, serta tumpukan kecerdasan lewat QVAC.

Struktur seperti ini akan mengurangi ketergantungan pada platform pihak ketiga, serta memperkuat kemandirian operasional perusahaan.