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Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 Bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 in a note<\/a> to investors on Friday, arguing that the recent weakness reflects a failure by Strategy<\/a> to explain a strategic shift rather than any deterioration in the company\u2019s balance sheet.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank\u2019s global head of digital assets research, wrote that Strategy \u2014 the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with 843,775 coins, more than 4% of the 21 million that will ever exist \u2014 \u201cappears to be pivoting from its \u2018never sell Bitcoin\u2019 mantra to a more complex approach.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clear communication of that pivot, he wrote, will determine how fast the pressure on BTC lifts.<\/p>\n

Between 2020 and mid-2025, Strategy\u2019s mNAV<\/a> \u2014 enterprise value divided by the value of its Bitcoin \u2014 traded above 1.0. That premium lets the company issue shares, buy Bitcoin, and grow its value by more than the value of the new stock. Convincing the market it would never sell was the load-bearing part of the model.<\/p>\n

With mNAV near 1.0, that arithmetic no longer works. Kendrick said Strategy is pivoting toward holding Bitcoin as backing for STRC, its perpetual preferred stock, which functions as a credit product.<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Standard Chartered Bank says it still predicts Bitcoin to hit $100,000 this year, calling BTC “a screaming buy.” \"\ud83d\ude80\" pic.twitter.com\/zDgF66jvxf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The STRC feedback loop<\/h2>\n

STRC pays a 12% annual dividend, settled twice a month in cash, with the rate reset each month to keep the security near its $100 par value. It has about $10 billion notional outstanding, the largest of the instruments Strategy has deployed.<\/p>\n

A negative feedback loop took hold once STRC broke from par, hitting an intraday low of $71.25 on June 26. The divergence began after the June 1 disclosure that Strategy had sold 32 BTC the prior week. STRC still trades near $90, according to Standard Chartered. The USD reserve for STRC dividends stands at $2.55 billion, or 17.4 months of coverage.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin is a \u2018screaming buy\u2019<\/h2>\n

The problem with \u201cnever sell,\u201d Kendrick argued, is that it constrains how Bitcoin gets perceived. Strategy has announced<\/a> a monetization program that lets it sell BTC from time to time, including up to $1.25 billion in proceeds for the reserve.<\/p>\n

Given its Bitcoin backing, STRC is over-collateralized and should trade back toward $100, the note said. Kendrick compared the mechanism to a central bank promising to do \u201cwhatever it takes\u201d and, through credibility, never having to act.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Effective signaling, he wrote, should remove the need for Strategy to sell any Bitcoin. Kendrick treats the episode as noise rather than a signal about BTC\u2019s medium-term direction. At $64,000, he calls the coin \u201ca screaming buy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strategy sold 3,588 BTC<\/a> for about $216 million last week, its largest disposal to date, using the proceeds to fund preferred stock distributions and refill the reserve. JPMorgan analysts said<\/a> the formal sale policy introduces \u201cavoidable two-way risk\u201d by making Strategy both buyer and seller.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Strategy\u2019s stock trades near $98 on Thursday. BTC traded above $64,400 on Friday.<\/p>\n

This post Bitcoin is \u201cA Screaming Buy\u201d: Standard Chartered Backs $100,000 Target, Shrugs Off Strategy (MSTR) Sell-Off<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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