Michael Saylor’s Strategy Added $51M of Bitcoin Last Week

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By Stephen Alpher

Aug 18, 2025, 12:16 p.m.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Nikhilesh De)
  • Strategy (MSTR) added 430 bitcoin for $51.4 million last wek.
  • Total holdings now foot to 629,376 coins worth about $72 billion as bitcoin declined to $115,000 overnight.

Strategy (MSTR) — the original and leading bitcoin treasury company — added 430 bitcoin to its stack last week.

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company made these latest purchases at an average price of $119,666 each for a total of $51.4 million

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Strategy now holds 629,376 bitcoin purchased at an average pice of $73,320 each. Bitcoin’s large overnight decline has brought the price down to $115,000, making MSTR’s stack worth about $72 billion.

MSTR shares are lower by 2.2% premarket and lower by more than 10% over the past week. Shares remain higher by about 20% year-to-date.

Stephen is CoinDesk’s managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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