Michael Saylor: STRC March Dividend Rate Increased to 11.50%

**STRC March 2026 Dividend Rate Rises 25bps to 11.50%, Per Michael Saylor (March 1)** On March 1, Michael Saylor said in a social media post that the dividend rate for the Stretch Dividend Rate-Linked Equity Security (STRC) March 2026 has increased 25 basis points to 11.50%. STRC is an income-linked security from Strategy (MSTR), acting as a financing vehicle tied to the firm’s Bitcoin Reserve Strategy. It funds MSTR’s Bitcoin purchases via fixed-income or quasi-fixed-income instruments, while offering investors returns linked to the company’s financial structure. Prior BlockBeats reporting noted: On July 30, 2025, Strategy (MSTR) completed the IPO of its Floating Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (ticker STRC), issuing 28,011,111 shares at $90 each. The offering marked 2025’s largest U.S. IPO and one of the biggest crypto-related issuances in recent years. STRC was slated to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market around July 30, 2025 under the ticker STRC, with total proceeds of approximately $2.521 billion.