Strategy Pauses Weekly Bitcoin Purchases After Record High and Gains
- Strategy halts weekly bitcoin acquisitions
- Company holds 640.031 BTC, about 3% of the total
- Saylor highlights $9 billion appreciation in BTC
Strategy, a firm led by Michael Saylor, temporarily halted its weekly Bitcoin purchases, even after the leading cryptocurrency surged more than 10% and reached a new all-time high last week. According to the latest report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), no new BTC purchases were made between September 29th and October 5th.
Strategy currently holds 640.031 bitcoins, valued at approximately $79,4 billion, with an average purchase price of $73.983 per unit, totaling $47,4 billion invested, including fees and expenses. This amount is equivalent to over 3% of the entire supply of 21 million bitcoins and represents an unrealized gain of approximately $32 billion at current prices.
Saylor had signaled the pause before the official announcement, posting on X (formerly Twitter): “No new orange dots this week — just a $9 billion reminder of why to HODL,” in reference to the appreciation of his bitcoin holdings.
The 8-K filing also details an unrealized gain of $3,89 billion on Strategy's digital assets in the quarter ended September 30, accompanied by a deferred tax expense of $1,12 billion. The total carrying value of the digital assets reached $73,21 billion, with a deferred tax liability of $7,43 billion.
According to data from Bitcoin Treasuries, Strategy remains the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Other companies such as Marathon Digital (MARA), Twenty One, Metaplanet, Riot Platforms, Bullish, CleanSpark, and Coinbase round out the top ten.
In the last update before the pause, Strategy had purchased 196 BTC for $22 million, one of the smallest acquisitions of the year. The pace of purchases has been slowing as the company adjusts its financing model, prioritizing perpetual preferred shares over common share issuance programs.
Strategy has acquired 196 BTC for ~$22.1 million at ~$113,048 per bitcoin. As of 9/28/2025, we hodl 640,031 $ BTC acquired for ~$47.35 billion at ~$73,983 per bitcoin. $ MSTR $STRC $STRK $STRF $STRD https://t.co/NnmLONBsRK
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) September 29, 2025
Despite the pause, Strategy (MSTR) shares are up 17,2% in 2025, driven by the recent clarification from the US Treasury, which confirmed the exclusion of unrealized gains in cryptocurrencies from the calculation of the 15% alternative corporate minimum tax.
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