{"id":76587,"date":"2026-03-17T12:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76587"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:31:32","slug":"strategy-bitmine-make-biggest-2026-buys-before-fed-meeting-is-there-more-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76587","title":{"rendered":"Strategy, BitMine Make Biggest 2026 Buys Before Fed Meeting\u2014Is There More To It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MSTR\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MSTR\">MSTR<\/a>) acquired 22,337 <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) while <strong>BitMine<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BMNR\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BMNR\">BMNR<\/a>) purchased 60,999 <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) during the week ending March 15, marking the largest 2026 purchases for both companies.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Record Buys<\/h3>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51269404\/michael-saylor-makes-5th-largest-bitcoin-buy-at-1-57b-as-mstr-surges-4\">purchase<\/a> was its largest single-week Bitcoin buy of 2026, following the prior week\u2019s acquisition of 17,994 BTC for $1.28 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Strategy now holds 761,068 BTC worth approximately $55.8 billion but sits on an estimated $1.7 billion in unrealized losses.<\/p>\n<p>The company is underwater by conventional metrics yet doubled down anyway, buying at an average of $70,194 per coin versus its November 2024 record purchase at $88,627.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BitMine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51272118\/bitmine-buys-60999-ethereum-as-eth-surges-8-in-24-hours\">acquired<\/a> 60,999 ETH for roughly $140 million, edging out the previous week\u2019s haul of 60,976 ETH. <\/p>\n<p>Total holdings now stand at 4,595,562 ETH at $2,185 per token, representing 3.81% of Ethereum\u2019s 120.7 million token supply. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH directly to BitMine at $2,042.96 to fund protocol research &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51293432\/strategy-bitmine-make-biggest-2026-buys-before-fed-meeting-is-there-more-to-it?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Strategy,\" bitmine make biggest buys before fed meeting there more to it>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) acquired 22,337 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) while BitMine (NYSE:BMNR) purchased 60,999 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) during the week ending March 15, marking the largest 2026 purchases for both companies. The Record Buys Strategy\u2019s purchase was its largest single-week Bitcoin buy of 2026, following the prior week\u2019s acquisition of 17,994 BTC for $1.28 billion. Strategy now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-76587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}