{"id":50231,"date":"2026-02-02T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=50231"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:43:18","slug":"strategy-mstr-bought-855-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/strategy-mstr-bought-855-bitcoin","title":{"rendered":"Strategy ($MSTR) Bought 855 Bitcoin Ahead of Weekend Market Crash, Holdings Hover Near Breakeven"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strategy (MSTR) added<\/a> 855 bitcoin to its balance sheet for approximately $75.3 million last week, paying an average price of $87,974 per BTC, according to a filing published Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purchase came just days before bitcoin\u2019s sharp sell-off<\/a>, which briefly pushed prices below $75,000 over the weekend. Despite the timing, the acquisition represents a relatively small addition for the company, which has routinely purchased hundreds of millions \u2014 or even billions<\/a> \u2014 of dollars\u2019 worth of bitcoin in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy now holds a total of 713,502 BTC, acquired for roughly $54.26 billion at an average price of $76,052 per coin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With bitcoin trading just above $77,000 at the time of writing, the firm\u2019s treasury is marginally above breakeven after more than five years of accumulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week\u2019s purchase was fully funded through the sale of common stock, consistent with Strategy\u2019s ongoing capital-raising strategy to finance bitcoin acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin and Strategy’s stock drop <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin\u2019s weekend drop briefly placed Strategy\u2019s treasury underwater, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin fell to a low of roughly $74,500 during early Asian trading on Feb. 1 and into Feb. 2, pushing the company\u2019s unrealized losses close to $1 billion at the session low before narrowing significantly as prices rebounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losses were estimated at around $150 million as BTC recovered to the mid-$75,000 range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy remains the world\u2019s largest corporate bitcoin holder and has shown no signs of slowing its accumulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saylor has hinted at further purchases in 2026, following the firm\u2019s largest buy of the year on Jan. 20, when it acquired more than 22,000 BTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support continued buying, Strategy recently increased<\/a> the dividend on its Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock to 11.25%. Proceeds from preferred share sales have financed more than 27,000 BTC in recent acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategy shares fell over 7% in premarket trading Monday to $138.49, marking a new multi-year low as bitcoin\u2019s volatility weighed on sentiment across crypto-exposed equities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin is trading at $77,822, with 24-hour volume totaling $86 billion. The asset is down about 1% on the day, sitting roughly 1% below its seven-day high of $78,611 and around 4% above its seven-day low of $74,592.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTC\u2019s circulating supply stands at 19,982,656 coins, with a fixed maximum supply of 21 million. The total Bitcoin market capitalization is approximately $1.56 trillion, reflecting a 1% decline over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strategy (MSTR) bought 855 bitcoin for about $75.3 million at an average price near $88,000 just days before BTC\u2019s weekend drop below $75,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3817,"featured_media":49634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[76,4284,5440],"class_list":["post-50231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-bitcoin","tag-mstr","tag-strategy"],"author_data":{"id":3817,"name":"Micah Zimmerman","nicename":"micahzimmerman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Micah_Zimmerman_Author_Image.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Strategy-Reloads-on-Bitcoin-Buys-1229-BTC-for-109-Million.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}