Should Bitcoin Companies Build USD Reserves? Understanding The Truth

Bitcoin Magazine Should Bitcoin Companies Build USD Reserves? Understanding The Truth Strategy’s U.S. dollar reserve has reached $4.65 billion, up from $3.75 billion two weeks earlier.

It has also sold almost 7,000 BTC since late June 2026.  Many are wondering why a company built around accumulating Bitcoin would choose to hold billions of dollars in fiat.

More importantly, should other Bitcoin businesses do the same?  Strategy holds cash because it’s in a very unique position  Strategy increasingly operates as an issuer of Digital Credit: preferred securities backed economically by an enormous Bitcoin balance sheet.

These instruments create fixed dollar dividends obligations. Bitcoin produces no cash flow. Strategy’s software business produces far too little cash to cover its capital structure.  Traditional credit analysis compounds the problem.