Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Purchases, Raises $334M From MSTR Sales

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Qadir AK

August 17, 2026

Michael Saylor in front of a Strategy text overlay and orange Bitcoin chart.

Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases or sales between August 10 and August 16, leaving its holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC. The company acquired its Bitcoin for a total of $63.36 billion, at an average price of $75,385 per BTC. During the week, Strategy sold 3.46 million MSTR shares for $333.7 million. It used $132.2 million to repurchase STRC shares, $52.4 million for STRC dividends and $149.1 million to increase its U.S. dollar reserve, which reached $4.80 billion as of August 16.

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