Strategy Just Bought More Bitcoin in One Week Than Miners Produce in Two Months

Michael Saylor and Strategy just made a statement that even the most dedicated Bitcoin bulls didn’t see coming. In a single week, the company scooped up 34,164 BTC for approximately $2.54 billion, making it their third-largest purchase on record. For context, that’s more Bitcoin than the entire global mining network produces in over two months.

The acquisition, which took place between April 13 and April 19, pushed Strategy’s total holdings past 815,000 Bitcoin. That’s nearly 4% of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist. No other publicly traded company on the planet comes close.

Saylor dropped a not-so-subtle hint on Sunday evening before the SEC filing went public. He posted his signature orange dot chart to X with a three-word caption that sent the crypto community into overdrive.

Think Even ₿igger. pic.twitter.com/0Y8LgpPoFM

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 19, 2026

That turned out to be one of the biggest understatements of the year. The numbers Saylor revealed on Monday morning were staggering. Strategy paid an average of $74,395 per Bitcoin on this round, locking in a 9.5% BTC yield for 2026 so far. Their total stack now sits at 815,061 BTC, acquired at an overall average cost of $75,527 per coin.

Here’s the official announcement from Saylor, with the full breakdown.

Strategy has acquired 34,164 BTC for ~$2.54 billion at ~$74,395 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.5% YTD 2026. As of 4/19/2026, we hodl 815,061 $BTC acquired for ~$61.56 billion at ~$75,527 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/ifGXjMeIZH

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 20, 2026

The funding behind this purchase is worth paying attention to, too. Strategy raised $2.54 billion through a combination of their STRC preferred shares ($2.18 billion) and Class A common stock ($366 million). The STRC mechanism has become Saylor’s primary tool for raising capital without heavily diluting common shareholders, and it’s clearly working. MSTR stock rose over 29% during the same week.

According to Bitcoin.com, the company’s balance sheet now reflects a BTC reserve value of $58.76 billion, with a market net asset value ratio of 1.28 and a net leverage ratio of just 10%. Those are the kind of numbers that make traditional finance analysts do a double take.

At this pace, Strategy could cross 1 million Bitcoin before the end of 2026. Saylor has never been shy about his long-term conviction, and every week he puts more money behind it than most companies will ever touch. Whether you love the strategy or think it’s reckless, there’s no denying the scale. One company now controls nearly 4% of all the Bitcoin that will ever be mined. That’s not just a portfolio position. That’s a structural force in the market.

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