Rockefeller’s monopoly came from controlling refining and pipelines; Strategy owns inventory, even at 843,775 BTC. That concentration still moves markets: [Strategy’s July 6 8-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050446/000119312526295586/mstr-20260706.htm) says it sold 3,588 BTC to fund preferred distributions and refill its dollar reserve, while locking in [BIP-110](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0110.mediawiki) requires signaling from 1,109 of 2,016 blocks.

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