Strategy Acquires 34,164 BTC for $2.54 Billion

BitMine increased its Ethereum holdings to 4.12% of the supply.

Between April 13 and 19, Strategy acquired 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion. The average purchase price was $74,395, marking the firm’s largest weekly transaction since November 2024.

Strategy has acquired 34,164 BTC for ~$2.54 billion at ~$74,395 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.5% YTD 2026. As of 4/19/2026, we hodl 815,061 $BTC acquired for ~$61.56 billion at ~$75,527 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/ifGXjMeIZH

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 20, 2026

Strategy now holds 815,061 BTC, representing over 3.8% of the total market supply of the asset. The company’s total expenditure on cryptocurrency purchases has exceeded $61.6 billion, with an average entry price of $75,527.

The funds for the latest transaction were raised through the sale of Class A common stock and perpetual preferred shares. The 42/42 program aims to raise $84 billion by 2027 for further Bitcoin accumulation.

Despite active purchases, the company’s position is “underwater” by approximately $400 million. Meanwhile, Strategy’s stock market value rose by about 27% last week.

Strategy remains the largest public holder of Bitcoin. For comparison, other top-10 participants, including Twenty One Capital, Metaplanet, and MARA, hold between 38,000 and 43,000 BTC.

BitMine and Ethereum

As of April 19, BitMine Immersion Technologies holds 4,976,485 ETH (over $11.4 billion), accounting for 4.12% of the total market supply of the coin.

Last week, the company purchased 101,627 ETH. 

BitMine’s head, Tom Lee, noted that the asset demonstrates high resilience amid geopolitical instability and is in demand in the AI and asset tokenization sectors.

Key figures for BitMine:

• The volume of staking through its own platform MAVAN reached 3.3 million ETH ($7.7 billion);
• The expected annual income from staking rewards is estimated at $330 million;
• Total reserves, including fiat and shares in other projects, reached $12.9 billion.

BitMine holds 199 BTC and partially owns Eightco, which provides access to investments in OpenAI. Since April 9, the company’s shares under the ticker BMNR began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. 

Earlier in April, Strategy acquired 13,927 BTC for $1 billion. Simultaneously, BitMine purchased 71,524 ETH for $156.35 million.