Strategy (MSTR) is back buying bitcoin. The company purchased 535 BTC for approximately $43 million between May 4 and May 10, according to an SEC filing dated May 11.
Strategy has acquired 535 BTC for ~$43.0 million at ~$80,340 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.4% YTD 2026. As of 5/10/2026, we hodl 818,869 $BTC acquired for ~$61.86 billion at ~$75,540 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/qScHXi2BBJ
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) May 11, 2026
The average price paid was $80,340 per coin. With bitcoin trading above $81,000, the position is currently in profit.
The latest buy was funded through at-the-market sales of the company’s Class A common stock (MSTR) and its perpetual Stretch preferred stock (STRC), raising roughly $42.9 million in proceeds.
This brings Strategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 818,869 BTC, bought for around $61.9 billion at an average cost basis of $75,540 per bitcoin. At current prices, those holdings are worth roughly $66.5 billion.
Strategy now holds more than 3.9% of bitcoin’s total capped supply of 21 million coins.
Saylor had paused acquisitions the prior week ahead of the company’s Q1 earnings release. On Monday, he posted his regular bitcoin tracker update on X with two words: “Back to work.”
Strategy reported a $12.7 billion net loss in Q1, largely due to a $14.5 billion unrealized markdown on its bitcoin holdings under new accounting rules.
During the earnings call, Saylor said Strategy could sell some bitcoin to meet dividend obligations tied to its STRC preferred stock or to repay convertible debt.
“We’ll probably sell some bitcoin to fund the dividend, just to inoculate the market,” he said.
But he walked that back slightly in weekend podcast interviews, saying any sales would be dwarfed by continued purchases. “Even if we were to sell one bitcoin, we’d be buying 10 to 20 more,” Saylor said.
To fund ongoing purchases, Strategy has been growing its capital-raising machine. The company runs several at-the-market preferred stock programs — STRK, STRC, STRF, and STRD — with combined capacity running into the tens of billions of dollars.
These sit alongside the broader “42/42” capital plan, which targets $84 billion through equity offerings and convertible notes.
Strategy recently extended those programs further, adding up to $21 billion in new MSTR stock alongside additional preferred stock offerings.
STRC has become a key vehicle in recent bitcoin buys. It carries an annualized dividend rate of 11.5% and is designed to trade near its $100 par value. Strategy has also proposed shifting its dividend schedule from monthly to twice monthly.
MSTR gained 9.8% last week and closed Friday at $187.59. The stock was up around 0.67% in pre-market trading following Monday’s announcement. The stock is still down roughly 59% from its summer 2025 highs, with an mNAV ratio of 1.04.
According to Bitcoin Treasuries data, 196 public companies have now adopted some form of bitcoin acquisition strategy.
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