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Bitcoin treasury companies are the strongest current Bitcoin trend, and the market is now differentiating winners after Strategy and Metaplanet. Strive Asset Management (ASST) and its SAT preferred are in focus because SAT pays a dividend-like feature, has already returned to its $100 par value, and has risen sharply. The conference's major theme is picking the next Bitcoin treasury and financial-product winner, and these companies' Bitcoin buying could extend the Bitcoin bid.

Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies like MicroStrategy and Metaplanet face significant overhead resistance and are not highly attractive at current levels; investors should wait until Bitcoin decisively breaks the $100,000 mark to confirm a true bull market before buying these stocks for a momentum boost.

MSCI is reviewing index eligibility and has introduced a criterion targeting companies with large non-operating assets, market-price volatility, and external capital dependence, which could affect Strategy and Metaplanet. If they are excluded, ETF and pension funds would reduce automatic exposure, pressuring MSTR/STRC and weakening the bitcoin treasury company engine that helped drive the 2024-25 Bitcoin rally.

Most Bitcoin treasury companies beyond the first-mover (like Metaplanet) are copycat pump-and-dump schemes. They have not weathered a full cycle, their charts spike and crash, and they are unlikely to survive. Metaplanet is one example of these risky copycats.

Strategy's EPS missed but the stock rose 26% because it can keep buying Bitcoin; its convertible debt maturities are in 2027-28 and it is not forced to sell unless Bitcoin falls much further. Metaplanet, a similar Japanese company, also said it will keep buying Bitcoin.

Bitcoin treasury companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, Bitmine, and 21 Capital are under funding stress. Their MNAV has fallen below 1, equity and convertible issuance is losing appeal, and many trade below or near their average BTC/ETH purchase costs. If Bitcoin stays below $100k, their ability to raise capital and survive deteriorates; Bitmine's ETH staking model is especially fragile.

The right DAT trade is not to short them or short them versus ETH. Wait until they cascade to distress levels and discounts widen, then buy them as a better way to hold ETH or Bitcoin, rerunning the GBTC discount playbook. Some may become insolvent or illiquid, so pick well-structured names. He would scale in around 30-40% discounts; if Nakamoto were down 20% or Metaplanet down 20-30%, he would likely buy those because they are structured okay. MSTR is most battle-tested and if it ever trades at a discount it is a screaming buy.

The biggest risk to this crypto cycle is synthetic leverage created by public crypto treasury companies such as MicroStrategy, MetaPlanet, SharpLink and Bitmine. They issue equity/debt to buy Bitcoin/ETH and trade at large premiums to NAV; if the premium reverses, shares trade below NAV, the companies lose their rationale and may sell crypto to repay recallable debt, triggering a mass leverage unwind that could end the cycle.

Bitcoin treasury companies such as MicroStrategy and Metaplanet are more volatile than Bitcoin and provide levered BTC exposure with cleaner basis risk than altcoins. They can tap credit markets because lenders view Bitcoin as valuable collateral, and they have been pulling retail activity away from altcoins.

Metaplanet is a Bitcoin treasury company that will only buy Bitcoin and never sell, seeking to grow Bitcoin per share rapidly through Japan-specific capital raises such as rights issues and moving strike warrants/ATM-equivalent offerings. Its edge is tax-efficient Bitcoin exposure for Japanese investors who can face up to 55% tax buying directly, a target MNAV of roughly 3-5, and its position as Asia's largest corporate Bitcoin holder aiming to be number two after Strategy.

Metaplanet is a strong Japanese public vehicle for Bitcoin exposure; it was created to fill a market need before ETFs existed, has a hotel business but primarily serves as a Bitcoin proxy, and he says Dylan/Simon have knocked it out of the park.

Jonah highlights a trade institutions see via private placements in MicroStrategy competitors. Metaplanet in Japan is buying Bitcoin aggressively, is the world's 10th-largest corporate holder, targets 21,000 BTC by 2026, and trades at a large premium to NAV after private placements. He thinks such private placements are reasonably good trades but has no take on buying the open-market stock, making it a monitorable setup.