Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared his view on the next billion-dollar business in finance in an Aug. 7 post on X, pointing entrepreneurs toward digital credit as the financial category he would study.

Saylor wrote on X:

“If I were looking for the next billion-dollar business in finance, I would study Digital Credit.”

The chart he included with his post showed the effective yields across four securities in Strategy’s digital credit lineup as of 11:10 a.m. EDT. Stride Preferred Stock (STRD) led at 15.29%, followed by Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) at 12.63%, Strike Preferred Stock (STRK) at 12.08%, and Strife Preferred Stock (STRF) at 10.38%.

Effective yield across Strategy’s credit products. Source. Strategy Inc.

Together, the four preferred securities let Strategy raise capital from investors seeking income while offering different dividend rates, risk levels and positions in the company’s capital structure. The securities expand Strategy’s financing options beyond common stock and debt.

Strategy has developed a suite of preferred stock securities that it classifies as digital credit. Its Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) is a perpetual preferred security with a variable dividend rate, allowing Strategy to adjust distributions while offering investors an income-focused instrument.

The wider lineup targets investors with different yield and risk preferences while extending familiar preferred-stock structures into digital asset markets. Preferred securities pay dividends and occupy a different position from common stock in a company’s capital structure.

Growing dividend obligations have also influenced how Strategy manages its bitcoin treasury and cash reserves. The company has sold bitcoin to fund preferred stock payments and build its U.S. dollar reserve, providing liquidity for its expanding income-producing securities.

The scale of the opportunity comes from applying established credit-market structures to companies and balance sheets centered on digital assets. The model connects issuers seeking capital with investors seeking income through securities that resemble familiar Wall Street products.

Saylor has framed the preferred securities as a “digital credit stack,” positioning them as fixed-income alternatives built around Strategy’s bitcoin treasury. The securities are not collateralized by Strategy’s bitcoin holdings. This approach broadens the company’s access to capital while targeting buyers seeking income through listed securities.

That model creates a potentially repeatable business: issuers can raise capital through tailored income-producing securities, while investors can choose products based on yield, risk, and capital priority. Strategy is already testing the concept across multiple offerings.

Investor interest in Strategy’s preferred securities has grown as the company expands its lineup of digital credit products. STRC has become a prominent part of that expansion, with Saylor highlighting its growth while outlining the potential scale of the digital credit market.

The broader opportunity lies in creating products for different pools of capital instead of relying on a single offering. A scalable structure could give issuers more flexibility to match yield and risk preferences across the market.

For Strategy, the approach can attract capital from buyers who want income without direct bitcoin exposure while keeping its broader strategy tied to its bitcoin holdings.

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