Strategy Now Holds 843,738 Bitcoin After Another $2 Billion Buy

 Strategy just filed its latest 8-K with the SEC, and the numbers are not small. The company purchased 24,869 bitcoin between May 11 and May 17, 2026, spending $2.01 billion at an average price of $80,985 per coin. Total holdings now sit at 843,738 BTC, acquired for roughly $63.87 billion since the company started accumulating.

The funding mechanism is what makes this week's buy different from the headlines. Strategy did not raise debt to make this purchase. It sold 19.5 million shares of its STRC preferred stock, generating $1.949 billion in net proceeds. Another 430,344 shares of its Class A common stock added $83.7 million on top of that. The company's at-the-market program is the actual engine here, and it still has over $17.5 billion in STRC capacity left.



The BTC Yield figure matters too. Strategy reported 12.6% BTC Yield year-to-date for 2026. That number tracks how bitcoin holdings per diluted share grow over time. It is the clearest measure of whether the equity raises are actually delivering value per share or just inflating the headline BTC total. At 12.6% with the year not yet halfway done, the metric is tracking ahead of where most expected.

The STRC structure has a monthly pattern that research firm K33 flagged earlier this month. Head of Research Vetle Lunde noted that investor demand for STRC tends to surge in the days before the ex-dividend date on the 15th of each month, lifting the stock toward its $100 par value and giving Strategy more room to issue new shares. That window aligns almost exactly with this week's purchase timing.

For the full breakdown of the SEC filing, the ATM program mechanics, and what the remaining $26 billion in MSTR common stock capacity could mean for future buys, the complete analysis is at CryptoNewsLive.org.

The bitcoin treasury model is not slowing down. The question now is what happens to STRC and MSTR if the BTC price gives back the ground it has gained this year.

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