Bitcoin Giant Strategy's Buying Pace Falls 91% Amid STRC Cooldown

In brief

• Strategy’s acquisition pace slowed 91% week-over-week, underscoring how its flagship preferred share has become a dominant driver of Bitcoin purchases.
• The company has proposed twice-monthly dividends for STRC, a move aimed at smoothing out the cyclicality of the dividend-paying product.
• With the company’s stockpile showing a gain on paper, Michael Saylor shared an AI-generated video this weekend of him fighting a bear.

Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings expanded at a slower pace last week as the company leaned on proceeds from common shares to notch its latest purchase.

A week after Strategy scooped up 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.54 billion, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm announced that it had purchased 3,273 Bitcoin for $255 million. That represented a 91% decline in terms of cash spent on the digital asset.

Despite the smaller purchase, Strategy owned 818,334 Bitcoin on Monday. With the digital asset changing hands around $77,800, its stockpile was worth $63.6 billion, according to CoinGecko. In total, Strategy issued 1.4 million common shares last week.

Strategy’s latest disclosure underscored how its variable-rate preferred share, STRC, has emerged as a pivotal driver for its business. Not long after the firm raised massive amounts via the dividend-paying product, Strategy reported its largest purchase in 16 months.

The product that currently pays 11.5% in monthly dividends is designed to trade around the $100 mark. Following its ex-dividend date on April 14, STRC has traded below that threshold.

The company has indicated that it’s aware of how STRC’s monthly dividend cadence has made the size of its acquisitions somewhat cyclical. Not long ago, Strategy co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor highlighted a proposal to shift STRC toward semi-monthly dividends.

The company’s common shares were little changed on Monday at $171.36, according to . Meanwhile, STRC was valued at roughly $99.60 apiece.