{"id":898737,"date":"2026-04-12T13:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/michael-saylors-strategy-mstr-estimated-to-have-already-bought-over-1200-bitcoin-today\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:18:22","slug":"michael-saylors-strategy-mstr-estimated-to-have-already-bought-over-1200-bitcoin-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/michael-saylors-strategy-mstr-estimated-to-have-already-bought-over-1200-bitcoin-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy (MSTR) Estimated To Have Already Bought Over 1,200 Bitcoin Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoins <\/p>\n

\n

Data from STRC.live<\/a> and market trackers indicate that Michael Saylor\u2019s bitcoin\u2011focused firm, Strategy<\/a>, has purchased an estimated 1,200 BTC so far today via its preferred equity issuance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yesterday, on March 10, Strategy\u2019s Variable Rate Series A Preferred Stock (STRC) posted<\/a> a record $409 million in daily trading volume, accompanied by 3% 30-day volatility and a one-month VWAP near $99.78, the highest sustained average since issuance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to on\u2011chain indicators and STRC.live X posts, over 2000 bitcoin were accumulated that day, marking<\/a> one of the largest one\u2011day buying events since the instrument\u2019s launch and surpassing prior highs.<\/p>\n

Strategy, the world\u2019s largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin, has started to really lean on its Stretch (STRC) perpetual preferred shares to finance additional BTC purchases.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

By amending its at\u2011the\u2011market program earlier this year, the company enabled multiple agents to sell STRC concurrently, boosting liquidity and enabling significant capital raises specifically earmarked for Bitcoin acquisition.<\/p>\n

This latest estimated purchase comes on the heels of a $1.28 billion acquisition<\/a> of 17,994 BTC announced in a recent SEC filing, which lifted Strategy\u2019s total holdings to approximately 738,731 BTC, or roughly 3.5 % of Bitcoin\u2019s circulating supply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That buy was funded through a combination of common stock and STRC issuance, underscoring the firm\u2019s multi\u2011pronged funding approach.<\/p>\n

Bitcoins How does Strategy\u2019s STRC work?<\/h2>\n

STRC functions as a bridge between traditional income investors, who prefer predictable distributions, and Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin-heavy balance sheet, which carries both long-term asymmetry and short-term volatility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The preferred stock\u2019s variable-rate structure maintains demand near its $100 par value while paying a monthly dividend yielding roughly 11.5% annually, effectively translating Bitcoin treasury economics into a format accessible to fixed-income investors.<\/p>\n

The combination of record liquidity and low volatility signals a shift in the investor base toward income-focused capital, which stabilizes trading behavior. These trends are early signs of product-market fit: a financial instrument meeting structural demand rather than relying on promotion.<\/p>\n

For corporate leaders evaluating Bitcoin treasury strategies, STRC represents a way to add Bitcoin into broader capital structures.<\/p>\n

It channels capital from multiple investor classes toward a common strategic reserve, potentially reshaping how companies finance operations and deploy Bitcoin as a structural asset.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading near $71,000 and Strategy\u2019s stock (MSTR) is trading down half a percentage point on the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

\"bitcoins<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Micah Zimmerman<\/a><\/p>\n

Micah first discovered Bitcoin in 2018 but remained a skeptic on the sidelines for too long. Since 2021, he has covered crypto and business and now works as a news reporter for Bitcoin Magazine, based in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Micah Zimmerman Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data from STRC.live and market trackers indicate that Michael Saylor\u2019s bitcoin\u2011focused firm, Strategy, has purchased an estimated 1,200 BTC so far today via its preferred equity issuance.\u00a0 Yesterday, on March 10, Strategy\u2019s Variable Rate Series A Preferred Stock (STRC) posted a record $409 million in daily trading volume, accompanied by 3% 30-day volatility and a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":898738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1174,46532],"tags":[11476],"class_list":{"0":"post-898737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-michael","8":"category-saylors","9":"tag-bitcoins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}