Technique CEO Von Leh stated a part of the rationale for establishing the $1.44 billion reserve was to alleviate investor considerations in regards to the firm’s well being amid the Bitcoin downturn.
“We’re very a lot part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem and the Bitcoin ecosystem, which is why we determined a number of weeks in the past to begin elevating cash and put the US greenback on our stability sheet to get rid of this FUD,” Lee stated on CNBC’s Energy Lunch on Friday.
This afternoon, Phong Le, CEO of @Technique, joins @CNBC @PowerLunch to debate how $MSTR is performing with Bitcoin, how USD reserves are coping with current FUD, the altering Overton window, key volatility components, and why the long-term outlook for Bitcoin stays strong. pic.twitter.com/1t5hsfov0m
— Technique (@Technique) December 5, 2025
Technique Inc. on Monday introduced a US$1.44 billion reserve fund raised by way of a inventory sale. The reserve fund is meant to stay giant sufficient to cowl no less than 12 months of dividends, and is anticipated to ultimately broaden to cowl a 24-month runway, the corporate stated.
The brand new improve comes amid considerations about Technique’s potential to proceed repaying its debt and dividend obligations if its inventory worth falls considerably.
“And that is simply FUD,” Lee stated Friday.
“The difficulty of having the ability to pay dividends wasn’t going to come up, and it did not seem to be there was a must promote Bitcoin…however now that there is FUD that they will not have the ability to meet their dividend obligations, individuals are going to pile into brief bets on Bitcoin,” he stated.
“We simply talked about that we raised $1.44 billion (21 months price of dividend debt) in eight and a half days. And we did that to 1) tackle FUD, however 2) to point out individuals which you could nonetheless increase cash throughout a Bitcoin downcycle.”
Lee stated final week that Technique would solely think about promoting Bitcoin if its inventory worth fell under its internet asset worth and it was unable to entry new capital.
The corporate additionally launched a “BTC Credit score” dashboard and claims it at present has sufficient belongings to pay dividends for over 70 years.
