Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buying, Spends $205M Buying Back STRC

Strategy halted its Bitcoin acquisitions, utilizing $205 million to repurchase STRC shares.

The firm's USD Cash balance decreased to $242.4 million following its largest weekly buyback of STRC in over a month.

An SEC filing revealed that Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases last week, marking its first pause since mid-September. Furthermore, it sold no shares via its at-the-market offering program.

The company spent $204.9 million of its USD Cash to buy back 2,068,459 shares of STRC, its variable-rate preferred stock. This amount is higher than the $193.1 million spent the week before.

Strategy currently maintains 848,517 BTC. Its USD Cash reserves dropped to $242.4 million from $447.3 million the preceding week.

The Bitcoin treasury firm stated on Monday that it did not acquire any Bitcoin last week, ending a sequence of weekly purchases that commenced in mid-September. Instead, it allocated $204.9 million toward repurchasing its STRC preferred stock.

Strategy has repurchased $205M of $STRC. As of 10/25/26, the company holds 848,517 $BTC and $5.1B of USD Assets.

This halt followed smaller Bitcoin purchases, such as 267 BTC for $22.1 million the week prior, and 250 BTC for $21.5 million the week before that.

The STRC buyback, covering 2,068,459 shares, was the largest of those weeks, surpassing $193.1 million from the week before and $192.4 million from the week prior.

Strategy paid for this entirely from USD Cash, which fell to $242.4 million from $447.3 million a week earlier. Its separate USD Reserve remained steady at $4.83 billion.