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JPMorgan Warns Strategy Can Now Sell Bitcoin, Not Just Buy It

By Isaac • July 2, 2026 5:53 pm • Comments

JPMorgan told clients this week that Strategy’s new bitcoin policy adds what it calls “two-way risk” to crypto markets.

The bank’s point is simple. Strategy has always been the buyer everyone watched.

Now it has formally reserved the right to sell.

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That shift matters because of size. Strategy holds roughly 4% of all bitcoin in existence, and it bought about $13.7 billion of it this year alone.

By JPMorgan’s math, that single company accounted for around 70% of estimated digital asset flow in the period.

CoinDesk reported on July 2 that JPMorgan sees Strategy's selective bitcoin-sale option as a fresh flow risk for the market to price, especially around preferred-share obligations.

The bank's recommendation is that Strategy build a deeper cash cushion for preferred dividends and interest obligations. JPMorgan put that range at 24 to 36 months of coverage.

Strategy's own framework sits below that target today. The company said its USD Reserve represented about 17.4 months of coverage as of June 28.

CoinDesk's report says JPMorgan would rather see Strategy raise cash through equity issuance than by selling bitcoin. The concern is not that a sale is mandatory; it is that the market now has to price the option.

CoinDesk also notes that a stronger reserve position and clearer U.S. crypto market structure legislation could improve sentiment. That keeps the focus on market mechanics, not panic.

The Block added scale to JPMorgan's concern, tying the policy debate to Strategy's huge share of public-market bitcoin demand.

Its report says Strategy's BTC Monetization Program can generate up to $1.25 billion for the USD reserve, help fund preferred dividends and interest, or support repurchases and buybacks. Those are capital-management uses, not a pledge to dump bitcoin.

The Block says JPMorgan views the policy as avoidable uncertainty because Strategy can now act as both a buyer and seller of bitcoin. That two-direction possibility is the whole market-structure issue.

The scale makes the point sharper. The Block reported that Strategy holds about 4% of total BTC supply and has acquired about $13.7 billion of bitcoin this year.

It also reported that those purchases represented around 70% of JPMorgan's estimated overall digital asset flow. A company that large changes market psychology even when it only changes policy language.

Strategy announced the framework on June 29, presenting it as a capital-allocation plan for its digital credit structure.

The company said the plan includes a USD Reserve policy, a revised STRC dividend policy, repurchase programs for Digital Credit Securities and class A common stock, and a BTC Monetization Program.

Strategy said its USD Reserve was approximately $2.55 billion as of June 28. Against roughly $1.76 billion in annual expected preferred dividends and interest expense, that represented about 17.4 months of coverage.

The board also authorized bitcoin monetization capacity that could generate up to $1.25 billion for the USD Reserve. Strategy said that reserve plus the authorized capacity would represent about 25.9 months of current coverage before future changes.

The company was explicit about the limit. The BTC Monetization Program does not obligate Strategy to sell any bitcoin, and any use depends on market conditions, liquidity needs, taxes, accounting, legal requirements, and management's long-term value assessment.

The SEC Form 8-K filed the same day is the official securities-law record for the framework.

The filing lists the same five pieces: USD Reserve policy, STRC dividend policy, Digital Credit Securities repurchase program, class A common stock repurchase program, and BTC monetization program.

It says the USD Reserve may be used only for preferred stock dividends and interest expense unless the board authorizes another use. It also says dropping below 12 months of expected annual obligations requires board authorization.

The 8-K confirms the $2.55 billion reserve figure and the policy mechanics JPMorgan is reacting to. It also puts the bitcoin monetization authority in the same formal disclosure package as the dividend and repurchase plans.

So Strategy has not abandoned bitcoin, and the filing does not force it to sell. The change is optionality: the market now knows the largest corporate bitcoin holder has an approved tool to turn some BTC into dollars if management chooses.

For a market that has spent years treating Strategy as a one-directional buyer, that is a meaningful adjustment in how its balance sheet gets read.

The company keeps its conviction and its bitcoin. Traders just have one more variable to watch from the biggest player at the table.

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