Anchorage Digital Discloses Holding of Strategy’s STRC as Shorts Hit Record High

Anchorage Digital announced it holds Strategy’s perpetual preferred security, STRC, on its balance sheet, a disclosure made in an X post by co‑founder and CEO Nathan McCauley ^[1][4].

The move comes as Strategy has become the most‑shorted large‑cap U.S. stock, with hedge funds increasing bearish bets according to data cited by Cointelegraph and reporting that short interest has reached record highs on Wall Street ^[3][1].

Industry coverage framed Anchorage’s purchase as a backing of Strategy’s bitcoin exposure and a signal of institutional conviction in bitcoin; crypto.news described the disclosure as Anchorage deepening its bitcoin bet by holding STRC ^[2][1].

Anchorage’s disclosure ties a federally chartered crypto bank directly to Strategy’s preferred stock at a moment of elevated short interest in the company’s shares, a fact noted across multiple crypto and financial outlets ^[4][3][2].