Strategy's $2.54 Billion Bitcoin Bet Cements a New Market Leader
21.04.2026 - 04:03:12 | boerse-global.de
A seismic shift in institutional crypto holdings is now official. Strategy Inc. has executed a colossal purchase of 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion, catapulting its total holdings to 815,061 BTC and dethroning BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust as the world’s largest corporate holder. The move, completed between April 13 and 19 at an average price of $74,395 per coin, gives Strategy control of nearly 4% of Bitcoin’s total circulating supply.
The purchase was funded through capital markets. The company’s STRC program, involving the sale of perpetual preferred shares, raised $2.18 billion. An additional $366 million came from the issuance of common stock. The preferred shares currently carry an annual dividend yield of 11.5%.
This institutional accumulation is providing a critical counterweight to broader market anxieties. Bitcoin’s price has held relatively firm above the $75,000 level despite escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. On April 18, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ordered the strategic waterway closed again, following a brief opening, in response to a continued U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. The cryptocurrency currently trades around $76,000, maintaining a position comfortably above its 50-day moving average of roughly $70,413.
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The scale of institutional interest is further evidenced by fund flow data. In the week ending April 20, Bitcoin-focused spot ETFs attracted $1.12 billion in new capital. Bitcoin’s market dominance has climbed to 57.6%. However, sentiment among retail traders remains cautious. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits at a "fear" level of 33, and leveraged positions worth approximately $412 million were liquidated in a single day recently, indicating pockets of volatility.
While giants like Strategy and BlackRock, which now holds 802,823 BTC, amass reserves, a major cohort is heading for the exits. Public Bitcoin mining companies sold a record-breaking 32,000 BTC in the first quarter of 2026 alone—a figure that surpasses their total sales for the entire previous year. Faced with market pressures, industry leaders such as Core Scientific and Riot Platforms are increasingly pivoting their operations toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing services.
Looking ahead, Strategy’s shareholders face a key decision. At the annual meeting on June 8, 2026, they will vote on a proposal to change the company’s dividend payout schedule from monthly to twice-monthly. Management believes the shift could enhance price stability for its preferred shares, which trade near their $100 par value, and solidify the funding structure for future Bitcoin acquisitions. On a technical level, developers are concurrently testing Bitcoin Core v31.0rc4 in a testnet environment, which introduces a new "Cluster Mempool" designed to group transactions and improve miner efficiency.
Strategy’s cumulative investment cost for its entire Bitcoin treasury now stands at approximately $61.56 billion, with an average entry price across all purchases of $75,527. Despite the year-to-date price remaining down nearly 14%, the company’s latest multi-billion dollar move underscores a deepening institutional conviction that is fundamentally reshaping the cryptocurrency’s ownership landscape.
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