Futures
Access hundreds of perpetual contracts
TradFi
Gold
One platform for global traditional assets
Options
Hot
Trade European-style vanilla options
Unified Account
Maximize your capital efficiency
Demo Trading
Introduction to Futures Trading
Learn the basics of futures trading
Futures Events
Join events to earn rewards
Demo Trading
Use virtual funds to practice risk-free trading
Launch
CandyDrop
Collect candies to earn airdrops
Launchpool
Quick staking, earn potential new tokens
HODLer Airdrop
Hold GT and get massive airdrops for free
Pre-IPOs
Unlock full access to global stock IPOs
Alpha Points
Trade on-chain assets and earn airdrops
Futures Points
Earn futures points and claim airdrop rewards
Promotions
AI
Gate AI
Your all-in-one conversational AI partner
Gate AI Bot
Use Gate AI directly in your social App
GateClaw
Gate Blue Lobster, ready to go
Gate for AI Agent
Gate MCP
Gate Skills Hub
10K+ Skills
From office tasks to trading, the all-in-one skill hub makes AI even more useful.
GateRouter
Smartly choose from 30+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
Recently, MicroStrategy's moves are quite interesting. They keep aggressively buying more BTC, but their method of raising funds is quite clever.
The preferred stock issued by MicroStrategy is unique and different from regular shares. It’s better to think of it as a hybrid type of stock that’s closer to a bond. Investors receive stable dividends as a benefit, but unlike common stock, they do not get voting rights. And in the event the company faces a crisis, their priority is relatively low—after debt but before common shares.
MicroStrategy’s goal is clear: to raise funds to buy more Bitcoin without selling the BTC assets they already hold. However, it’s important to note that these preferred stocks are not directly collateralized by BTC. There is no BTC collateral at all. So, if MicroStrategy faces financial trouble or BTC prices drop significantly, dividends might be reduced or not paid at all. Payments can only come from the remaining assets.
In other words, MicroStrategy’s preferred stock is more of an investment product that bets on the company’s overall financial health rather than directly on its BTC strategy. It’s an interesting way to raise funds, but investors need to fully understand the risk structure involved.