{"id":50666,"date":"2026-02-23T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=50666"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:22:49","slug":"strategy-makes-100th-bitcoin-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-makes-100th-bitcoin-purchase","title":{"rendered":"Strategy (MSTR) Makes 100th Bitcoin Purchase, Adds 592 BTC as Bitcoin Price Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Strategy has completed its 100th bitcoin acquisition since adopting the cryptocurrency as its primary reserve asset in 2020, purchasing 592 BTC for roughly $39.8 million at an average price of $67,286 per coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/strategy\/status\/2025919290990551401?s=46&amp;t=qcJDE0RaWiQjEKjMZF2JjA\">purchase<\/a> was funded through the sale of 297,940 shares of its Class A common stock via its at-the-market offering program between February 17\u201322, generating $39.7 million in net proceeds, according to a company statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including this latest acquisition, Strategy now holds 717,722 bitcoin, acquired for an aggregate $54.56 billion at an average price of $76,020 per bitcoin, making it the largest corporate bitcoin treasury in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company still has $37.4 billion in securities available for future issuance under its at-the-market program, including $7.8 billion of MSTR stock and $20.3 billion of STRK stock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strategy maintains a public dashboard detailing its bitcoin holdings, purchases, and market prices in compliance with Regulation FD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timing of the purchase coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/bitcoin-price-crashes-below-65000\">renewed weakness in bitcoin<\/a>, which dropped from around $68,000 over the weekend to near $66,000, putting pressure on MSTR shares. The stock has fallen more than 2% to around $128 in premarket, reflecting the strong correlation between Strategy\u2019s bitcoin exposure and its share price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman, hinted at the purchase on X, posting the company\u2019s bitcoin tracker with the caption \u201cThe Orange Century,\u201d signaling the milestone 100th acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-buys-168m-in-bitcoin\">purchased<\/a> $168.4 million in bitcoin, adding 2,486 BTC to bring its total holdings to 717,131 bitcoin at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 STRATEGY BUYS ANOTHER 592 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BITCOIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BITCOIN<\/a> FOR $39.8 MILLION<br><br>NOTHING STOPS THIS TRAIN \ud83d\ude80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HT0Dh4S2vJ\">pic.twitter.com\/HT0Dh4S2vJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/2025919733619626212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy isn\u2019t selling any bitcoin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Michael Saylor defended Strategy\u2019s approach of regularly buying bitcoin, insisting the company has no plans to sell its holdings even during prolonged market downturns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that fears about leverage and liquidity pressures were unfounded, noting the company has sufficient cash to cover dividends and debt for over two years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be selling; we\u2019re going to be buying bitcoin,\u201d Saylor <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-michael-saylor-bitcoin-buys\">said<\/a>. \u201cI expect we\u2019ll buy bitcoin every quarter forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, bitcoin is trading near $66,000 and shares of Strategy are at $127.90 in pre-market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to BitcoinTreasuries.net\u2019s January 2026 report, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-accounted-corporate-bitcoin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-accounted-corporate-bitcoin\">accounted<\/a> for over 90% of net new corporate purchases, acquiring 40,150 BTC and ending the month with 712,647 BTC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-1024x1008.png\" alt=\"strategy\" class=\"wp-image-50667\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-1024x1008.png 1024w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-427x420.png 427w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-696x685.png 696w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-90-1068x1051.png 1068w, 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