For years, Strategy founder Michael Saylor has reliably announced his firm’s latest Bitcoin purchase at the start of each week—almost as regularly as clockwork. However, this Monday, the vocal BTC permabull broke tradition and remained conspicuously silent. The crypto community was left wondering: Is there a pause in Strategy’s relentless Bitcoin buying spree?
On Sunday, Saylor hinted at a major move in a post on X, sharing his personal BTC tracker with the message: “It all started with a quarter billion in Bitcoin”—a nod to Strategy’s landmark first acquisition of 21,454 BTC for $250 million in August 2020. That foundational buy, made back when the company was still known as MicroStrategy, now looks like an absolute bargain in hindsight.
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Today, Strategy stands as the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, with a staggering 607,770 BTC on its balance sheet, currently valued at around $72 billion. Saylor’s long-term goal is nothing less than reaching “one Nakamoto”—a symbolic 1,000,000 BTC under corporate control.
For 2025, the company boasts a BTC yield of 20.8%, calculated as the ratio of Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings to its outstanding MSTR shares—meaning each shareholder now indirectly owns 20.8% more BTC than at the start of the year.
Temporary Lull or Strategic Timing?
Despite the break in tradition, a lack of new BTC purchases this week shouldn’t alarm investors. In recent months, Strategy has occasionally paused its acquisition streak—often only for short intervals—before resuming. Some speculate that Saylor may be timing the next high-profile announcement to coincide with the firm’s Q2 earnings release this Thursday, using the occasion to highlight a fresh round of Bitcoin accumulation.
MSTR shares are trading pre-market at $404, down 5% week-over-week, yet the stock has outpaced BTC itself in 2025, delivering returns of over 35% year-to-date.