This purchase was made for USD 2,010 million at a price close to USD 80,985 per BTC.
So far in 2026, BTC holdings are bringing Strategy a 12% profit in dollars.
Strategy, the publicly traded company with the largest amount of bitcoin (BTC) in its possession, announced this Monday, May 18, 2026, the acquisition of 24,869 more BTC.
According to the information shared by the company, It made this purchase for approximately $2.01 billion at a price close to $80,985 per bitcoin.
Furthermore, Strategy highlights that, So far this year, your bitcoin holdings are bringing you a return (measured in dollars) of 12.6%.
This announcement comes in the week after, as CriptoNoticias reported, Strategy reported that it could partially sell its bitcoin holdings to fund its financial strategy.
In any case, Michael Saylor himself, founder and president of Strategy (a company previously called “MicroStrategy”) clarified that these bitcoin sales —if carried out— they would not change the long-term accumulation strategy.
After hearing this news, the price of bitcoin, which this morning had fallen below $77,000, has a slight recovery.
At the time of this publication, bitcoin returned above $77,600 per unit.