Jim Chanos is calling for another MSTR short

NewsWed, 19 Aug 2026 16:40:39 UTC1 hour ago
Jim Chanos is calling for another MSTR short

According to a new X post by Jim Chanos, who profitably short-sold Michael Saylor’s BTC acquisition company a year ago, there is still $80 billion of “pure arbitrage” on the table.

Chanos called the catalyst of Strategy selling its own stock a trading opportunity.

“One of the greatest pure arbitrage situations, ever,” he stated, also calling it “an $80 billion actionable spread.”

Chanos isn’t recommending an $80 billion trade in full but merely pointing out the broad opportunity within which a trader can time specific entries and exits.

The idea is that a skeptic can short any amount of MSTR, directly or via derivatives, with a spot or derivative long position in BTC that is proportional to Strategy’s BTC holdings and sized appropriately to the overall position.

In his post, Chanos didn’t confirm that he’d initiated a new MSTR short-sale, disclose a hedge ratio, or calculate how he reached his $80 billion estimate.

Read more: How Jim Chanos outplayed Michael Saylor: short MSTR, long BTC

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