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TD Cowen Lowers Strategy Price Target to $350, Initiates Buy Rating on Four Cryptofinance Companies Including Sharplink

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April 10, per The Block: TD Cowen cut its target price for MicroStrategy (MSTR) to $350 from $440 (a 20.5% drop) while retaining a Buy rating. Analysts Lance Vitanza and Jonathan Navarrete cited "lower expected Bitcoin prices" and a reduced valuation multiple for the firm’s Bitcoin earnings as the driver. The pair trimmed their 2026 fiscal year "BTC earnings" forecast to $7.87 billion—below 2025’s $10.17 billion—but noted MSTR’s core investment thesis still centers on converting market demand for volatility into Bitcoin via an "effective leveraged form." TD Cowen’s scenarios for MSTR: - **Base case**: Bitcoin hits $140,000 by December 2026; MSTR adds ~$5 billion in Bitcoin quarterly. - **Optimistic**: Bitcoin rises to $175,000; quarterly purchases exceed $5 billion. - **Pessimistic**: Bitcoin drops to $25,000; MSTR pauses buys due to market conditions/financing constraints. The firm also covers four digital asset treasury companies (all Buy-rated): - Sharplink (SBET): $16 target - Strive (ASST): $26 target - Nakamoto Holdings (NAKA): $1 target - The Smarter Web Company (SWC.LN): £1 (~$1.34) target
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