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I keep seeing people try to predict what the MSTR premium over NAV “should” be, as a valuation question.

However, the answer doesn’t truly exist, because it’s recursive. The current state of it is an input back to itself. It’s arbitraged, in other words. As long as there is a sizable premium, MSTR will continue issuing securities until demand is saturated for a period of time.

A high premium tells MSTR to keep issuing more securities, which in the long arc of time pushes the premium back down. A low premium tells MSTR to slow down or halt security issuance until a premium re-emerges.

And gm.
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Cincy · 87w
GM Lyn😃 and couldn’t agree more regarding the MSTR premium
2Pac · 87w
GM Lyn Always insightful.
John · 87w
MSTR is a stable coin?
Tim Bouma · 87w
Same with issuing fiat currency to buy bitcoin? Recursive. So long there is a difference, keep issuing fiat to buy?
BottleTeams · 87w
Yup and that premium only exists if more people buy.
sondreolav 👀 · 87w
GM ☕🫂 PV 🤙
Mulecolt · 87w
Focusing on NAV is wrong headed IMO. MSTR generates revenue from the volatility of their bitcoin holdings by offering financial products to investors. EPD generates revenue moving material through their pipelines. Walmart generates revenue by selling goods for more than they purchase them for. Not s...
Milky · 87w
GM Lyn
₿ ² · 86w
gm
BitBees · 86w
GM Lyn!
BTC Freedom · 86w
GM 😎 Yes, the key is that “It has an input back to itself”
garyj · 86w
Unless, this time is different(the most famous last words in investing), what is an 80%+ drawdown going to do to all this debt pyramiding ? Pass the popcorn.
YODL · 86w
I haven’t tried to understand much of it. Waiting for the post-collapse doc
apollosnake69 · 86w
And when the issuance slows down they are able to issue the converts to increase the premium over NAV again. It’s wild. GM
VINNY · 86w
Which is likely part of any longer cycle. If price appreciation makes their realizable BTC yield lower over time, you probably also get to an equilibrium level which might be closer to 1.2-1.5 Until $1M or higher BTC I think 2-4x premium becomes the range that trades with overall market sentiment
roya ୨୧ · 86w
I’ll be honest, I don’t understand a word, but good morning 🥰
Zorbar · 86w
Gm
Notions · 86w
Need a picture, or better yet a meme
Freeman · 86w
The shareholders themselves benefit from dilution. It's beautiful
Dr. Jeff · 86w
Yes.
Telluride · 86w
https://m.primal.net/MtOL.jpg
21M · 86w
I think MSTR is making a lot of people very nervous because of how much BTC Saylor is sucking up, even if in the end he destroys the keys for some or most of it. It can keep growing like a black hole, economic singularity swallowing everything. Recursive, self reinforcing, positive feedback loop, v...
Robert · 86w
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
Deleted Account · 86w
Exactly 👍
Petr · 86w
GM Lyn! ☕ ☀️ 🫂
misc · 85w
The MSTR premium looks like the early days of greyscale. Yes the responsible thing to do is issue more paper into the premium. When the premium turns to a discount the responsible thing to do is sell his Bitcoin and buy MSTR. We are not going to like it if it comes to that . I’m just gonna stay...