Why Strategy’s multi billion dollar Bitcoin purchases are no longer bullish catalysts for the market

Blockchain ekosistemine dair önemli bir haber gündeme geldi. Strategy , the Michael Saylor -led company formerly known as MicroStrategy, has surpassed BlackRock’s flagship spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to become the world’s largest institutional holder of Bitcoin . According to an April 20 regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Strategy acquired an additional 34,164 Bitcoin over the past week at an average price of $74,395 per coin. The purchase cost about $2.

54 billion and ranks as the third-largest single acquisition in the company’s history by coin count. The latest transaction lifted Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 815,061 BTC, or about 3. 88% of the token’s total supply.

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The company has spent about $61. 56 billion building that position, giving it an average cost basis of $75,527 per coin. With Bitcoin trading at around $75,000, the firm’s holdings are worth roughly $61.

2 billion, leaving the portfolio with an unrealized loss of more than $228 million. Related Reading How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor's firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week Saylor’s “Think Even ₿igger” post revived his familiar pre filing ritual, with traders bracing for a surprise purchase size. Apr 20, 2026 Oluwapelumi Adejumo Strategy's Bitcoin holding flips BlackRock IBIT Meanwhile, the scale of the latest purchase is notable even on a standalone basis.

The 34,164 Bitcoin acquired this week alone would rank a company as the fifth-largest corporate holder in the world. That haul was enough to push Strategy past BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) , the world’s largest Bitcoin fund. IBIT currently holds 798,026 Bitcoin after previously overtaking Strategy in the first quarter of 2024, following the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States.

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Strategy Flips BlackRock IBIT Bitcoin Holding (Source: Bitwise) The comparison is significant because the two vehicles represent different forms of Bitcoin exposure. BlackRock’s fund holds Bitcoin on behalf of retail and institutional investors through a regulated Wall Street structure. Strategy, by contrast, is a publicly traded operating company that has increasingly turned itself into a leveraged BTC treasury vehicle, using debt and equity markets to expand its reserves.

Against that backdrop, the only entity widely believed to hold more Bitcoin remains the network’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto , whose inactive wallets are estimated to contain about 1. Meanwhile, Strategy Chief Executive Officer Phong Le said the latest purchase increased the company’s Bitcoin yield by 82% to $4. 97 billion for the year in just one week.

He said the result demonstrated the reflexive power of combining an appreciating digital asset with accretive debt financing. Analysts tracking the company’s pace of accumulation have projected that Strategy could reach the 1 million Bitcoin mark before the end of the year. STRC becomes central to the model The latest purchase also underlined how heavily Strategy now relies on its preferred securities to fund its Bitcoin strategy, without relying too heavily on common-share dilution.

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