Strategy Seeks Daily Dividends on STRC, Vote on 28 October
Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy wants to pay dividends on four preferred stocks every day. Shareholders vote on 28 October; STRC would switch first, in November.
Strategy, the company that holds more Bitcoin than any other listed firm, wants to pay dividends on its preferred shares every day. It has asked shareholders to approve daily record dates for four US-listed preferred stocks, STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK. The vote is set for 28 October 2026.
Key takeaways
- Each of the four preferreds would have a dividend record date on every calendar day, weekends and holidays included.
- Payment would follow on the next business day.
- Strategy says only the payment timing changes, not the dividend rate or the total amount owed.
- If approved, STRC switches first: first daily record date 1 November, first payment 2 November.
- STRF, STRK and STRD would make their first daily payments on 4 January 2027.
What is changing
Today, depending on the share, these preferreds pay monthly, twice a month or quarterly. Under the proposal, whoever holds the shares at the end of any given day earns that day's slice of the dividend, and gets paid on the next business day. Over a year the money paid out stays the same. It simply arrives in far smaller, far more frequent pieces.
The change is set out in a proxy filing Strategy made with the US SEC on 25 September. It is the latest step in a run of moves to pay out more often, which the company has tested first on STRC, its variable-rate preferred.
Why Strategy wants it
Strategy funds much of its Bitcoin buying by selling these preferred shares, which it markets as "Digital Credit". The more attractive they are to income investors, the more it can raise. Daily payouts are meant to make the shares feel closer to a cash account or money market fund, and to remove the price dips that usually follow a record date. That should make them easier to trade and hold.
For Bitcoin, the link is indirect but real. Strong demand for the preferreds means more money for Strategy to buy BTC. Weak demand would slow its buying. Our look at corporate Bitcoin treasuries explains how these companies have become a steady source of demand.
The risks to keep in mind
A daily dividend does not make the shares safer. The payouts still depend on Strategy's ability to raise money and service its obligations, and that ability is closely tied to the price of Bitcoin. In a long Bitcoin downturn, preferred shares like these can fall well below their issue price. Paying more often changes the timing of the cash, not the risk behind it.
What it means for Indian investors
These preferreds trade on Nasdaq, so Indians can hold them only through an international brokerage account funded under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Dividends from US shares are taxed in India at your slab rate, and the US withholds tax at source (usually 25% under the India-US treaty, if you file the right form). A daily payout would mean a lot of small credits to track at tax time.
Bitcoin itself trades at about ₹7,970,918 right now; see the Bitcoin price in INR.
FAQ
When do Strategy shareholders vote on daily dividends?
On 28 October 2026.
Which Strategy preferred stocks are affected?
STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK. STRC would move to daily payments first, from 2 November 2026 if the proposal passes.
Will the dividend rate change?
No. Strategy says only how often the dividend is paid changes, not the rate or the total amount.
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