Strategy bought 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million to reach 848,250 BTC and spent $192.4 million repurchasing STRC preferred stock. The buyback is 3.5% of the $5.52 billion it held in dollar reserves and cash on October 11.
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Strategy spent $176.3 million repurchasing STRC preferred stock in the week to Oct 4, against $28.7 million for 334 bitcoin. The shares cost about $99.60 each, and retiring them cuts roughly $21 million a year of 12% dividends.
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The company put $75.7 million into 950 coins last week and $174 million into discounted STRC shares, and the two programs are now drawing on cash balances that fell in the same filing.
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Strive's 1,800 coins and Strategy's 4,603 put balance-sheet demand back on the tape, though the pioneer still holds 2,313 fewer bitcoin than it did in June and the newer bid is funded by a preferred paying 13 percent.
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Anchorage Digital is a day-one partner on Sui's Hashi, which opens in phases later this month with more than $500 million pledged. Treasury firms can post bitcoin held in qualified custody as collateral, though the cash they raise depends on stablecoin lenders on Sui.
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Strategy's own buybacks made up over 20% of weekly STRC trading in most of September, Keyrock found. For holders the larger exposure is the price, since Keyrock found STRC four to eight times less liquid once it drifts more than 1% from its $100 par.
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MARA Holdings moved 996 bitcoin worth about $81m to Galaxy Digital on October 9, a transfer the analytics firm Lookonchain flagged as a possible sale. The on-chain data cannot confirm a sale, and MARA's filings already show its treasury fell to 35,577 bitcoin from 49,951 a year earlier.
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Robinhood has added $25 million of bitcoin to its balance sheet, crypto chief Johann Kerbrat said, a stake worth about 0.025% of its market value. The company's larger tie to the asset runs through trading, where August crypto volume reached $17.5 billion.
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Strategy's $20.91 billion third-quarter bitcoin gain still leaves it about $1.87 billion down on digital assets for 2026, its SEC filings show. With the coin near $85,300, whether the year ends in profit depends on a Dec. 31 close roughly $450 higher.
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Riot Platforms repaid its $200 million Coinbase Credit loan early, freeing 5,821 bitcoin, about 51% of its holdings, from collateral. Skipping seven months of 6.15% interest saves about $7 million and leaves its bitcoin unpledged while it expands data centers for AI tenants.
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Strategy sold $246.2 million of new common stock last week and put $103.5 million of it into buying back STRC preferred below its $100 par. Those same common holders decide on October 28 whether the four preferreds move to daily dividends.
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Strategy spent $151.7 million retiring STRC preferred in the week to September 27, more than the $142.7 million it paid for 1,665 bitcoin. MSTR stock sales paid for most of both, so common shareholders are now paying to shrink the company's preferred stock.
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A ten-week gap in purchases produced a $1.59bn dollar reserve, and the roughly 3,588 coins sold in July to meet dividend obligations show where cash has to come from when the asset on the balance sheet pays none.
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Strategy's second straight week of buying its own preferreds cost $139.3 million and captured roughly $2.74 million of discount to the $100 stated value. The cash pool that funded it held $1.30 billion on September 13.
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Strive paid for last week's 469 bitcoin entirely with preferred stock. The coupon on its $1.04 billion of SATA is 13%, charged every business day, against a treasury of 25,000 coins. Warrants struck at $27 expire in mid-October.
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A Seeking Alpha analyst puts $23 million of AI premium inside DMG Blockchain's 1.4 times book valuation while the company shrinks its mining fleet and sells treasury Bitcoin to pay for Christina Lake.
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The bank sees $125,000 reclaimed by late 2026 and a 2029 peak near $300,000. Its own multiple compresses along the way, which puts the weight on miner costs, and it cut Strategy's target to $350.
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- Adoption42
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- Incentives72
- Confidence52