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U.S. chartered cryptocurrency company possesses preferred shares of bitcoin holder Strategy.
Anchorage Digital, recognized as the first federally chartered U.S. crypto bank, has incorporated perpetual preferred stock from bitcoin treasury firm Strategy into its balance sheet.
Anchorage Digital announces its investment in Strategy’s preferred stock.
Key points:
- Anchorage Digital, the pioneering federally chartered U.S. crypto bank, revealed that it possesses perpetual preferred stock from bitcoin treasury firm Strategy as part of its balance sheet.
- This investment emphasizes institutional trust in Michael Saylor’s bitcoin treasury approach and indicates closer relationships among significant bitcoin-centric companies despite market fluctuations.
- Strategy’s Short Duration High Yield Credit (STRC) preferred shares, introduced in mid-2025, provide an 11.25% annual dividend, adjusted monthly to maintain proximity to a $100 par value and are supported by the firm’s substantial bitcoin reserves.
Anchorage Digital, the first crypto entity to obtain a U.S. banking charter, announced on Wednesday that it has included perpetual preferred stock from bitcoin treasury firm Strategy within its balance sheet.
CEO Nathan McCauley described it as “conviction compounding.”
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“Institutions don’t just discuss Bitcoin, they structure their operations around it. When the organization that implements Bitcoin infrastructure invests alongside the entity that operationalizes the Bitcoin treasury strategy…that is a message,” McCauley stated on X.
Saylor remarked that “conviction is contagious,” suggesting that other firms might soon follow Anchorage’s example in acquiring Strategy’s yield-generating preferred stock.
Anchorage’s investment represents a capital endorsement for the bitcoin treasury framework popularized by Michael Saylor’s Strategy. This move also highlights the strengthening connections among bitcoin’s institutional supporters, even amid price fluctuations. Strategy is the largest publicly listed holder of bitcoin globally, with a reserve of 717,722 BTC, valued at $46.64 million.
Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, Short Duration High Yield Credit (STRC), holds a senior position over common shares such as MSTR and provides investors consistent returns without a maturity date.
Introduced in mid-2025, STRC offers 11.25% annual dividends to its holders, distributed monthly in cash, with the rate adjusted monthly to stabilize trading around the $100 par value.
Based in San Francisco, Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered U.S. crypto bank, provides custody, trading, staking, and stablecoin services to institutions. The firm is developing U.S.-compliant stablecoin infrastructure for international banks, facilitating quicker asset transfers across borders.
