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Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys 3,273 bitcoin as it inches closer to its 1 million target

By Olivier Acuna · Published April 27, 2026 · 3 min read · Source: CoinDesk
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys 3,273 bitcoin as it inches closer to its 1 million target

Strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin in the world, now holds 818,334 BTC, which it said it purchased for nearly $62 billion at an average price of roughly $75,537 per token.

By Olivier Acuna|Edited by Stephen Alpher Apr 27, 2026, 1:43 p.m. Make preferred on
MicroStrategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Michael Saylor said the YTD 2026 bitcoin yield on Strategy's bitcoin treasury is 9.6%. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin, announced Monday on X the purchase of 3,273 bitcoin for roughly $255 million.

The purchase at an average price of $77,906 per bitcoin puts Strategy’s bitcoin treasury at 818.334, said Saylor.

“As of 4/26/2026, we ‘hodl’ 818,334 $BTC acquired for ~$61.81 billion at ~$75,537 per bitcoin,” the MSTR chair said.

Saylor also said Strategy “has achieved BTC Yield of 9.6%” year-to-date in 2026. YTD 2026.

Matt Cole, the CEO and chairman of Strive, also announced on Monday that his firm acquired 789 BTC for $61.43 million at an average cost of $77,890 per bitcoin.

Cole said that as of April 24th, Strive holds 14,557 BTC valued at nearly $1.13 billion.

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