Strategy Drops $2.5 Billion on 34,164 Bitcoin, Quietly Hits 815,061 Total
Strategy just dropped another $2.54 billion on Bitcoin like it's ordering takeout on a Friday night—34,164 coins at an average of $74,395 each. Founder Michael Saylor announced the haul on X, confirming the company continues its legendary obsession with accumulating the world's most固执 digital asset. The purchase pushed Strategy's total stash past the 800,000 BTC mark, landing at a neat 815,061 BTC as of April 19, 2026. For those doing the math, that's roughly $61.56 billion spent at an average price of $75,527 per coin. Pocket change, really.
This week's shopping spree makes the previous week's 13,927 BTC look like a appetizer sampler. Saylor, never one to oversell, teased the announcement a day early with a cryptic "Think bigger," which in Saylor-speak means "prepare to be mildly impressed by a number." The company's self-proclaimed "BTC Yield" metric hit 9.5% year-to-date in 2026, because apparently accumulating Bitcoin at whatever price the market offers is now a measurable skill.
For the math nerds keeping score at home: Strategy's holdings now represent roughly 3.8% of Bitcoin's fixed 21 million coin supply—because why not own nearly 4% of a digital commodity that people said was a fad in 2017? At current prices, the company sits on an unrealized loss of around $400 million versus its average cost, which is presumably how Strategy defines "holding with conviction." Funding came via sales of MSTR Class A common shares and STRC perpetual Stretch preferred shares, because nothing says conviction like diluting your shareholders at market price.
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