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Michael Saylor’s company has already lined up the money. Now the question is how much Bitcoin it plans to buy with it.
Strategy’s executive chairman posted his well-known “Orange Dots” chart on X over the weekend, adding just three words: “Think even Bigger.”
The chart maps every Bitcoin purchase the company has ever made. In crypto circles, its appearance has become a reliable preview of an imminent acquisition announcement — and Monday is the day Strategy most commonly makes those announcements public.
The post landed after a string of major purchases. On April 13, Strategy spent $1 billion on Bitcoin. The week before that, it dropped $330 million.
Both buying rounds were preceded by the same chart. This time, Saylor’s caption suggests the next move could top them both.

The fuel for that purchase appears to already be in place. Strategy’s STRC instrument has raised enough capital to fund up to $1.76 billion in Bitcoin acquisitions, based on reports tracking the company’s fundraising activity.
The company routinely uses proceeds from STRC to bankroll its Bitcoin buying program, so the timing of that capital raise lines up with the weekend post.
At the time of writing, Strategy holds 780,897 Bitcoin across its corporate treasury. The company’s average purchase price sits at $75,577 per coin.
At current market prices, the entire stash is valued at roughly $58 billion — a figure that would shift significantly with any large new purchase.
BTCUSD now trading at $75,426. Chart: TradingView
Strategy has raised $1.76 billion for Bitcoin acquisitions.
Michael Saylor signaled a larger Bitcoin purchase with his 'Think even Bigger' message on social media.
Strategy commonly announces its Bitcoin purchases on Mondays.

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The market has not moved much on Saylor’s hint. Bitcoin was trading around $75,500, down less than 1% in the 24 hours following the post.
Geopolitical pressure has been a drag on price action, with US President Donald Trump accusing Iran of violating ceasefire terms — a development that has kept risk appetite subdued across financial markets.
One signal watched closely by analysts did break out over the weekend, though. Bitcoin Dominance — the share of total crypto market value held by Bitcoin — pushed above a key resistance level on the three-day chart, clearing a descending trendline it had been stuck under for some time.
Reports from crypto analysts indicate that if the breakout holds, more capital could rotate into Bitcoin at the expense of smaller coins.
For Strategy’s playbook, that kind of market shift would not be unwelcome.
Featured image from MetaAI, chart from TradingView