Strategy’s STRC Preferred Dividends Accumulate, Restrict Common Payouts

The detail worth flagging is the gap between preferred status and asset backing: STRC holders gain dividend priority over common equity, yet that priority stops short of any claim on the bitcoin itself. That matters for anyone treating the preferred as a lower-risk way into a bitcoin treasury story — the protection is structural within the capital stack, not collateralized against the underlying asset. The open question is how that distinction gets priced if unpaid dividends keep accumulating and common payouts stay restricted.