The headline indicates no change in BTC exposure near term, but it also signals ongoing capital allocation (preferred buybacks/dividends and financing) that may marginally influence investor sentiment around MSTR’s treasury and leverage to BTC.
Strategy Leaves Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged CryptoProwl Mon, August 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM GMT+2 1 min read STRK BTC Strategy Leaves Bitcoin Holdings Unchanged Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) left its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) holdings unchanged over the past week even as the company continued to buyback its preferred stock (NASDAQ: $STRC). The serial cryptocurrency acquirer led by Chairman Michael Saylor raised $333. 7 million U.
S. last week through the sale of 3. 46 million shares of its common stock.
Proceeds from the common stock sale were used to boost Strategy's cash reserves by $150 million U. S. and buyback $132.
2 million U. S. of its variable-rate preferred stock.
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4 million U. S. to dividends paid on the preferred stock, which yields 12%.
However, Strategy left its Bitcoin holdings unchanged over the last week at 840,447 BTC. The company's Bitcoin holdings were acquired for $63. 36 billion U.
S. at an average price of $75,385 U. S.
per BTC. Strategy has said in recent weeks that its near-term priority is building up its cash reserves and covering dividend payments on its preferred stock. After the latest transactions, Strategy has $653 million U.
S. remaining on its preferred-stock repurchase program and $1 billion U. S.
available under its common-stock buyback program. MSTR stock has declined 74% over the last 12 months to trade at $93. 04 U.
S. per share.
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