Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Treasury Buys With $330M Purchase
The Bitcoin treasury firm reported that the value of its BTC holdings plummeted by $14.4 billion in the first quarter of 2026.
By André BeganskiEdited by Stephen GravesApr 6, 2026Apr 6, 20263 min read
In brief
- Strategy purchased 4,871 BTC for $330 million last week, marking a return to buying after last week’s pause.
- The purchase was made with proceeds that primarily came from variable-rate preferred share STRC.
- The value of the firm’s Bitcoin holdings fell by $14.46 billion in Q1 2026.
Strategy said on Monday that it bought 4,871 BTC for $330 million last week, growing its Bitcoin treasury using proceeds that primarily came from its flagship preferred share.
The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm announced that it now owns nearly 767,000 Bitcoin, a sum valued around $53.3 billion. The company added Bitcoin to its industry-leading treasury at $67,700 apiece—below where the digital asset stood on Monday.
The company’s latest acquisition was made with proceeds that overwhelmingly came from Strategy’s variable-rate preferred share, STRC. The Bitcoin-buying firm issued $227 million worth of the dividend-paying product compared to the $72 million worth of common shares last week.
The Bitcoin-buying firm didn’t disclose an acquisition the week prior, snapping a 13-week streak of purchases in which the company accumulated 90,831 BTC. In a tweet Sunday, co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor signaled that the firm was ready to resume its BTC purchases, writing, “Back to Work.”
₿ack to Work. pic.twitter.com/mbZTWiNUct
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 5, 2026
The stretch was bolstered by massive proceeds that came from STRC. Over the course of last month, for example, Strategy raised more than $1.5 billion via the dividend-paying product.
When the preferred share trades above a par value of $100, Strategy has signaled that it will issue more STRC to keep the product’s price in line. Last week, the dividend-paying product met that threshold for four straight trading days.
In a financial update, Strategy also said on Monday that the value of its Bitcoin holdings fell by $14.46 billion in the first quarter of this year. Although the figure doesn’t include the company’s operating costs, it outweighed the firm’s $12.4 billion loss in the fourth quarter of last year.
On Monday, Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings were $4.9 billion underwater. Since the company began purchasing Bitcoin in 2020, the company has paid an average of $75,600 per Bitcoin.
Prior to Monday’s opening bell, Strategy shares were set to fall 2.4% to around $199, according to Yahoo Finance. Despite the company’s latest spate of Bitcoin buys, shares have slid 21% on the year and 65% over the past six months from $359.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin jumped to $69,480, a 4.1% increase over the past day, according to CoinGecko data. The move thrust Bitcoin in positive territory on the week, yet the digital asset remained 44% below an all-time high of $126,000 last year.
On Myriad, a prediction market owned by Decrypt's parent company Dastan, traders penciled in a 13% chance that Strategy sells Bitcoin this year. That marked a decrease compared to the 17% chance that traders foresaw of that happening a month ago.
