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Strategy’s STRC shares indicate acquisition of 1,000 BTC in largest single-day issuance since July.
Increased trading activity in STRC indicates significant bitcoin purchases by the largest publicly traded holder of the cryptocurrency.
Executive Chairman of Strategy Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0/Modified by CoinDesk)
Key points:
- STRC trading activity indicates that Strategy acquired approximately 1,000 BTC on Tuesday, marking the highest one-day accumulation since the stock’s introduction.
- STRC achieved a trading volume of $198.7 million, surpassing the 30-day average of $123.3 million.
- Approximately 763 BTC were estimated to have been purchased on Monday, resulting in a combined total of roughly 1,762 BTC over the two days.
On Tuesday, Strategy (MSTR) offloaded additional perpetual preferred equity stock, Stretch (STRC), to acquire about 1,000 bitcoin , representing the largest single-day increment for the instrument since its trading began in July 2025, per data from STRC.live.
Strategy is recognized as the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, and the proceeds from STRC trading activities aid its bitcoin acquisition strategy. The trading session on Tuesday recorded a total volume of $198.7 million, in contrast to a 30-day average of $123.3 million, according to the company’s dashboard.
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Approximately $177 million of the total transactions occurred above STRC’s $100 par value, the price level at which Strategy can trigger its at-the-market (ATM) issuance program for the stock.
The acquisition on Tuesday follows an estimated purchase of about 763 BTC linked to STRC transactions on Monday, bringing the overall total for the two days to around 1,762 BTC.
The estimates are based on a methodology that approximates bitcoin purchases from ATM sales. It presumes that 40% of trading volume exceeding the $100 threshold signifies ATM issuance, with a 2.5% broker fee accounted for before calculating the implied bitcoin acquisitions.
Strategy has characterized STRC as akin to a short-term, high-yield savings vehicle. Recently, the company increased the dividend rate on STRC to 11.5%, marking the seventh dividend rise since the product’s launch.
STRC provides monthly cash distributions. The dividend rate is adjusted each month to maintain the shares’ trading close to their $100 par value while minimizing price fluctuations.
Strategy’s common stock experienced an increase of over 7% in pre-market trading, reaching about $142 per share, as bitcoin surpassed $71,000 for the first time in a month.
