[VanEck Responds to Misleading Report by The New York Times: Not Bearish on Strategy, Recently Increased Stock Holdings] According to a report by Golden Finance, Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Asset Research at digital asset management company VanEck, clarified on the X platform regarding The New York Times' misleading report. He stated that The New York Times published an article attacking Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, claiming that VanEck CEO Jan van Eck said he has 'always kept a distance from Strategy.' However, Jan van Eck actually meant that VanEck would temporarily not adopt the DAT strategy, rather than expressing any opinion on Strategy as a company or its stock price, and certainly not being bearish on Strategy. Currently, VanEck holds 284,000 shares of Strategy on behalf of its clients, ranking firmly within the top 75 shareholders of Strategy. Moreover, VanEck has increased its stock holdings in recent weeks.