Strategy buys 34,164 Bitcoins for 2.5 billion and surpasses 800,000 BTC

Michael Saylor warned: “Think even Bigger.” He kept his word. Strategy has just made its third largest bitcoin purchase in its history, propelling its holdings well beyond the symbolic threshold of 800,000 BTC. A machine to accumulate that obviously knows no brakes.

Michael Saylor accelerates again with a major Bitcoin acquisition

Strategy officially announced the operation this Monday via a 8-K form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Specifically, between April 13 and 19, 2026, the company acquired 34,164 bitcoins at an average price of 74,395 dollars each, for a total amount of 2.54 billion dollars.

An impressive number. This purchase ranks as Strategy’s third largest historic acquisition, behind the 55,500 BTC and 51,780 BTC bought in November 2024. One week earlier, the firm had already committed a billion dollars for an additional 13,927 BTC.

In total, Strategy now holds 815,061 BTC, acquired for 61.56 billion dollars, at an average price of 75,527 dollars per bitcoin. The symbolic milestone of 800,000 BTC is surpassed, and the next purchase already seems to be in the starting blocks.

The signal was readable as early as Sunday. Michael Saylor had published his now famous “Orange Dots” chart on X, accompanied by three words: “Think even Bigger.” Since 2020, this chart invariably precedes a purchase announcement within 48 hours. The markets did not get it wrong.

STRC, the financial engine behind the accumulation machine

The financing method for this acquisition deserves attention. Of the 2.54 billion committed, 2.18 billion, or 85.7%, come from the preferred stock STRC, Strategy’s variable dividend share. The remaining 366 million were raised through sales of Class A common shares (MSTR).

STRC also broke several records during the period. On April 13, Strategy recorded a historic day with about 7,741 BTC bought in a single session, thanks to the sale of 11.9 million shares through its ATM program.

The next day, it already surpassed this record with an additional 9,364 BTC. Over these two days alone, the cumulative volume reached 17,204 BTC, a 518% increase compared to the average of the previous four weeks.

This mechanism is at the heart of the Saylor machine: raising capital through innovative financial instruments, then deploying it massively into Bitcoin, without diluting historical shareholders, without touching common shares.

Strategy also announced Friday its intention to submit to a shareholder vote, at the annual meeting on June 8, a switch to STRC dividends paid twice a month. 

Phong Le, CEO of the company, plainly embraces the ambition: “We would be the only preferred company in the world to pay semi-monthly dividends.” A world first that would also strengthen the share’s attractiveness to institutional investors.

In short, 815,061 BTC in portfolio, 61.56 billion dollars invested, a seasoned financing model, and still available liquidity: Strategy is not slowing down. Michael Saylor’s firm continues to redefine what it means to hold bitcoin at an institutional scale. The next orange chart will, unsurprisingly, point even higher.