For much of late 2025, Saylor dominated financial headlines for all the wrong reasonsFor much of late 2025, Saylor dominated financial headlines for all the wrong reasons

MSTR plummeted over the year, becoming Nasdaq's worst performer, as its m-nav edged closer to 1 and at times dipped below it

Financial 'experts' wrote about potential index exclusions, massive unrealized losses and whether Saylor had finally hit a wall

Short sellers circled, leveraged debt critics loomed and the narrative was clear

Strategy was Bitcoin's cautionary tale

Then on January 3rd, enter VenezuelaThen on January 3rd, enter Venezuela

Global markets reacted, and debates over how Trump handled the situation consumed every news cycle

All eyes were on Latin America, world leaders cautiously worded their reaction to the fallout, even I wrote about how surreal and cinematic it felt #1403443

And just like that, Strategy vanished from the spotlight

the m-nav worries? buried

the debates over whether Saylor would ever sell Bitcoin or face forced liquidation? forgotten

Geopolitical shockwaves trump paper Bitcoin every time

And in this case, it was, pun very much intended

a literal dead cat 'strategy'

Saylor must be happy Maduro has given him some much needed breathing room in the headlines

edit: also epstein files 🤣🤣