Strategy buys 535 bitcoin for $43 million days after signaling potential BTC sales

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Last week's purchases were funded by sales of the company's common stock.

By James Van Straten|Edited by Sheldon RebackUpdated May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. Published May 11, 2026, 12:17 p.m. 1 min readMake preferred on

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor on CoinDesk Television

What to know:

Strategy purchased 535 bitcoin for about $43 million last week at an average price of $80,340 per coin.
The company has spent roughly $61.8 billion on its bitcoin at an average cost of $75,540 per coin.
MSTR shares rose 1% pre-market trading.

Disclosure: The author of this story owns shares in Strategy (MSTR).

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin BTC$81,222.49, announced Monday on X the purchase of 535 bitcoin for roughly $43 million at an average price of about $80,340 per coin

The purchases bring the company’s total holdings to 818,869 BTC, acquired for $61.86 billion at an average cost basis of $75,540. With bitcoin currently trading above $81,000, Strategy's stash is currently in profit.

Last week’s purchases were funded by $42.9 million raised through sales of the company’s common stock, according to a May 11 SEC filing.

This purchase follows Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call, where the company said it was prepared to sell bitcoin to repay convertible debt or fund dividend obligations, provided the move remains accretive on a bitcoin-per-share basis.

MSTR shares rose more than 1% in pre-market trading.

CORRECT (May 11, 14:01 UTC): Corrects headline to say Strategy bought 535 bitcoin, an earlier version of this story incorrectly flagged it as a $535 million purchase.

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