{"id":916366,"date":"2026-06-29T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/strategy-blows-past-800k-btc-with-2-5b-buy-as-saylor-doubles-down\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:15:02","slug":"strategy-blows-past-800k-btc-with-2-5b-buy-as-saylor-doubles-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/strategy-blows-past-800k-btc-with-2-5b-buy-as-saylor-doubles-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Blows Past 800K BTC With $2.5B Buy as Saylor Doubles Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_0bc145817ce8e58917f2c4c240b430c5\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Strategy acquired 34,164 BTC for approximately US$2.54 billion between April 13 and April 19.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The company now holds 815,061 BTC acquired for roughly US$61.56 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Strategy\u2019s treasury represents more than 3.8% of Bitcoin\u2019s fixed 21 million supply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Strategy acquired 34,164 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com.au\/category\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) for approximately US$2.54 billion (AU$3.56 billion). The company said the purchase took place between April 13 and April 19 at an average price of US$74,395 (AU$104,153) per BTC, inclusive of fees and expenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strategy disclosed the acquisition in an April 20 announcement and SEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001050446\/000119312526162756\/mstr-20260223.htm\">filing<\/a>, with the purchase funded through securities sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com.au\/news\/charles-schwab-enters-crypto-trading-with-bitcoin-and-ether-rollout-133641\/\">Charles Schwab Enters Crypto Trading With Bitcoin and Ether Rollout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-treasury-scale-expands\">Treasury Scale Expands<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy.com\/purchases\">purchase<\/a> pushed Strategy to 815,061 BTC acquired for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$61.56 billion (AU$86.18 billion). Its average cost across the full Bitcoin treasury was US$75,527 (AU$105,738) per BTC.<\/p>\n<p>That placed its holdings above 3.8% of Bitcoin\u2019s fixed 21 million supply, which gives the company a treasury profile unmatched by other public companies and makes its capital-market activity a major Bitcoin-market signal.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Chairman Michael Saylor stated on X that Strategy held 815,061 BTC acquired for approximately US$61.56 billion (AU$86.18 billion) at roughly US$75,527 (AU$105,738) per Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strategy has acquired 34,164 BTC for ~$2.54 billion at ~$74,395 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.5% YTD 2026. As of 4\/19\/2026, we hodl 815,061 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> acquired for ~$61.56 billion at ~$75,527 per bitcoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MSTR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$MSTR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24STRC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$STRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ifGXjMeIZH\">https:\/\/t.co\/ifGXjMeIZH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saylor\/status\/2046197791228068167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The firm also reported a BTC Yield of 9.5% year to date in 2026, a company metric used to track Bitcoin holdings relative to diluted shares.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is one of Strategy\u2019s larger purchases and comes as Bitcoin remains volatile below its late-2025 highs. As Crypto News Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com.au\/news\/bitcoin-pullback-sparks-260m-liquidations-as-geopolitical-tensions-rattle-markets-133658\/\">reported<\/a>, BTC\u2019s recent pullback sparked over US$260 million (AU$362 million) in liquidations shortly after it was announced that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed and Iran clarified it won\u2019t continue any form of negotiations with the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com.au\/news\/bitcoins-quantum-defense-plan-faces-criticism-from-cardano-founder-133643\/\">Bitcoin\u2019s Quantum Defense Plan Faces Criticism From Cardano Founder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Jos\u00e9 Oramas <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com.au\/news\/strategy-blows-past-800k-btc-with-2-5b-buy-as-saylor-doubles-down-133670\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy acquired 34,164 BTC for approximately US$2.54 billion between April 13 and April 19. The company now holds 815,061 BTC acquired for roughly US$61.56 billion. Strategy\u2019s treasury represents more than 3.8% of Bitcoin\u2019s fixed 21 million supply. Strategy acquired 34,164 Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately US$2.54 billion (AU$3.56 billion). The company said the purchase took place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":916367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24440,1053],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-916366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-blows","category-strategy","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916366","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=916366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}