Strategy's STRC preferred stock hits record lows near $73-78, down 25% from $100 par. Crypto analyst Croesus identifies the selloff as a leverage cascade, not a fundamental failure. June 30 dividend decision looms.

Benchmark's Mark Palmer says the comparison misreads what STRC is — a dividend-paying share backed indirectly by bitcoin, not a peg waiting to break.

The price of Bitcoin rapidly fell to nearly $58,000 after Strategy's STRC preferred shares notched a new low and MSTR fell alongside.