Bitcoin News
By Steven Anderson
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Where the Money Actually Went. The stock sale wasn't the only move. Strategy also bought back about 1.
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Why the Cash Reserve Keeps Climbing. Strategy started its US dollar reserve back in December 2025, seeding it with $1.44 billion.
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What It Means for Bitcoin Exposure. Strategy's core pitch to investors has always been leveraged Bitcoin exposure.
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Strategy didn't buy a single Bitcoin last week. It did, however, raise roughly $2 billion and build a cash cushion that's now approaching $6.7 billion.
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Between August 17 and August 23, the company sold 18.26 million MSTR shares through an at-the-market program — the kind of rolling stock-sale mechanism that lets a company drip…
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The stock sale wasn't the only move. Strategy also bought back about 1.43 million of its own STRC preferred shares for $136.
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And the Bitcoin pile hasn't changed. Strategy still holds 840,447 BTC, acquired at an average cost of $75,385 per coin. Total acquisition cost: $63.36 billion.
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The new cash account is meant to give management room to maneuver. It can go toward Bitcoin purchases if the price looks right, but it can also cover preferred-stock dividends,…
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But the reserve didn't stay at $1.44 billion. By the end of May, it had actually dipped to $900 million. Then things shifted fast.
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So the pattern is clear: more debt, more preferred shares outstanding, more cash needed to service all of it. Strategy isn't just hoarding cash for fun.
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The $1.59 billion cash account is kind of the newest layer of that buffer. Separate from the main reserve, it gives management a distinct pool to draw from without dipping into…
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Strategy's core pitch to investors has always been leveraged Bitcoin exposure. Buy MSTR stock, get indirect Bitcoin upside without holding the asset yourself.
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It's not necessarily a bearish signal. The company's 840,447 BTC position isn't going anywhere.
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