{"id":50970,"date":"2026-03-09T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=50970"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:29:07","slug":"strategy-mstr-spends-1-28-billion-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-spends-1-28-billion-btc","title":{"rendered":"Strategy (MSTR) Spends $1.28 Billion to Buy More Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 738,731 BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategy, the bitcoin treasury company led by executive chairman Michael Saylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/2030977218726244562?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/2030977218726244562?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">purchased<\/a> another 17,994 bitcoin for about $1.28 billion last week, continuing one of the largest corporate accumulation strategies in the digital asset market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the purchases took place between March 2 and March 8 at an average price of $70,946 per coin. The acquisition brings the firm\u2019s total holdings to 738,731 bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategy has now spent roughly $56.04 billion to build its bitcoin position, with an average purchase price of $75,862 per coin. At the current price near $68,000, the company\u2019s holdings carry a market value close to $50 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stash represents more than 3.4% of the fixed 21 million supply of Bitcoin, reinforcing MSTR&#8217;s status as the largest corporate holder of the asset.<\/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: Michael Saylor&#39;s Strategy purchased 17,994 Bitcoin for $1.28 BILLION \ud83d\ude80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YmY1sBr4Hn\">pic.twitter.com\/YmY1sBr4Hn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/2030977239739769246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-buys-204-million-in-bitcoin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-mstr-buys-204-million-in-bitcoin\">purchased<\/a> 3,015 bitcoin for about $204.1 million at an average price of $67,700 per coin, bringing its total holdings to 720,737 BTC at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy\u2019s stock sales and stock issuance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest purchases were financed through a mix of equity sales and preferred stock issuance. The company sold 6,327,541 shares of its Class A common stock for about $899.5 million through an at-the-market program.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also raised roughly $377.1 million from the sale of 3,776,205 shares of its STRC perpetual preferred stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategy said about $6.71 billion in common stock remains available for issuance under its existing program. Another $3.16 billion in STRC preferred stock capacity remains available for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purchases form part of Strategy\u2019s broader capital strategy designed to fund continued bitcoin accumulation. The company operates several perpetual preferred stock programs, including STRK, STRC, STRF and STRD, which together provide access to billions in potential financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those offerings support the firm\u2019s long-term \u201c42\/42\u201d capital plan, which targets $84 billion in capital raises through equity offerings and convertible notes by 2027. The proceeds are intended to support continued purchases of bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saylor hinted at the acquisition before the official disclosure in a post on social media that referenced Strategy\u2019s bitcoin tracker. The message stated that \u201cthe second century begins,\u201d a reference to the firm surpassing 100 separate bitcoin purchases since launching its accumulation plans in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Strategy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/strategy-mstr-coinbase-bitcoin-jumps\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/strategy-mstr-coinbase-bitcoin-jumps\">stock<\/a> (MSTR) is trading up half a percent in pre-market.\u00a0Bitcoin is trading slightly shy of $69,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/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\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-1024x1008.png\" alt=\"strategy\n\" class=\"wp-image-50972\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-1024x1008.png 1024w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-427x420.png 427w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-696x685.png 696w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-1068x1051.png 1068w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bitcoin-Magazine-Pro-Screenshot-93.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy spent a whopping $1.28 billion to buy 17,994 more bitcoin last week, raising its total holdings to 738,731 BTC worth about $50 billion at current prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3817,"featured_media":49811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4378],"tags":[5624,185,4284,5440],"class_list":["post-50970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bitcoin-purchase","tag-michael-saylor","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\/2026\/01\/Strategy-MSTR-Just-Spent-1.25-Billion-on-13627-Bitcoin-Lifts-Holdings-to-687410-BTC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50970","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=50970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}