<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Judge Hardcase wrote</title><author_name>Judge Hardcase (npub1k7…x7ehv)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1k7v6uflqxu9js45e8ek53u2azefe6j49r7lna0da90zq7c9y6f0q8x7ehv</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>As I understand it: the simplified version of why you would pay a premium for MSTR compared to the underlying BTC is the expectation that the company will continue to increase the BTC per MSTR share; thus, eventually turning the initial premium you paid into a discount for the increased amount of BTC it represents.&#xA;&#xA;That sounds like a great deal, but how does the company increase the BTC per MSTR share?:  It issues new shares at the premium price so that it can buy even more BTC at the market price; thus increasing the BTC per share ratio.  And/or the company sells convertible bonds that effectively accomplishes the same thing - just with leverage on a longer timescale.&#xA;&#xA;In other words, if the flow of investors to buy new shares were ever to dry up, the later investors who hadn&#39;t yet seen their initial premium price turn into a discount price never will.  This sounds like a ponzi scheme that must eventually run out of the new investors necessary to keep it going.  It just happens to be a legal ponzi scheme without any apparent fraud or deception.  Just make sure to go in with your eyes wide open to these realities.  &#34;Buyer beware, Freaks&#34;</html></oembed>