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Strategy CEO Validates Selling Bitcoin Bottom to Fund Dividends

Strategy CEO Phong Le confirms selling Bitcoin at lows was correct to fund STRC dividends.

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As of 2026-09-03 17:31 UTC. Market figures are as the cited sources reported them at that time and may have moved since. This is news, not investment advice.
Strategy bought 4,603 BTC last week at an average price of $80,318. [1] Users paid nearly $6 million in a single day to create and trade tokens through the Pons application. [2] Pons, a memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, set a new all-time high for daily trading volume of $544 million on September 2nd. [3][4][11] The valuation of the Pons (PONS) cryptocurrency momentarily surpassed $500 million following an almost vertical price expansion. [5] Phong Le argued that the sales were necessary to fund STRC dividends when issuing shares had become expensive. [6] Strategy CEO Phong Le stated on Bloomberg Crypto that both the sale and the purchase were the right call. [7] The total fees generated by Pons in one day exceeded the fees paid to use the Hyperliquid platform. [8][9] The market capitalization of the PONS token has exceeded $415 million. [10] PONS has become the top launchpad token on Robinhood's graduated-token board, ranking far ahead of Thinking Cat at approximately $20.45 million in valuation. [12]
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  1. Strategy bought 4,603 BTC last week at an average price of $80,318. · Decrypt
  2. Users paid nearly $6 million in a single day to create and trade tokens through the Pons application. · coindesk.com
  3. On September 2nd, 24,971 new tokens were created on the Pons platform, establishing a new all-time high for daily token launches. · Bankless
  4. Pons, a memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, set a new all-time high for daily trading volume of $544 million on September 2nd. · Bankless
  5. The valuation of the Pons (PONS) cryptocurrency momentarily surpassed $500 million following an almost vertical price expansion. · u.today
  6. Phong Le argued that the sales were necessary to fund STRC dividends when issuing shares had become expensive. · Decrypt
  7. Strategy CEO Phong Le stated on Bloomberg Crypto that both the sale and the purchase were the right call. · Decrypt
  8. The total fees generated by Pons in one day exceeded the fees paid to use the Hyperliquid platform. · coindesk.com
  9. The total fees generated by Pons in one day exceeded the fees paid to use the Pump platform. · coindesk.com
  10. The market capitalization of the PONS token has exceeded $415 million. · Bankless
  11. The native PONS token gained approximately 51% in value, reaching a new all-time high of over $0.59 per token. · Bankless
  12. PONS has become the top launchpad token on Robinhood's graduated-token board, ranking far ahead of Thinking Cat at approximately $20.45 million in valuation. · u.today
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