{"id":76791,"date":"2026-03-18T15:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76791"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:31:39","slug":"strategy-just-23000-bitcoin-away-from-surpassing-blackrock-as-largest-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76791","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Just 23,000 Bitcoin Away From Surpassing BlackRock As Largest Holder"},"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>) holds 761,068 <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>), just 23,000 coins behind <strong>BlackRock\u2019s<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BLK\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\">BLK<\/a>) 784,062 BTC, after purchasing 22,337 BTC last week for $1.57 billion.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Race To Become Largest Holder<\/h3>\n<p><strong>BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IBIT\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"IBIT\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IBIT\">IBIT<\/a>) has seen cumulative net inflows of $63.21 billion since launching in January 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fund holds 784,062 Bitcoin, representing 3.7% of the total 21 million coin supply. BlackRock doesn\u2019t buy Bitcoin for itself\u2014investors buy IBIT shares through Nasdaq, and BlackRock holds Bitcoin on behalf of IBIT shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy <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\">purchased<\/a> 22,337 BTC last week for $1.57 billion, the fifth-largest acquisition on record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Total holdings now stand at 761,068 BTC, putting the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51328445\/strategy-just-23000-bitcoin-away-from-surpassing-blackrock-as-largest-holder?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Strategy\" just bitcoin away from surpassing blackrock as largest holder>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) holds 761,068 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), just 23,000 coins behind BlackRock\u2019s (NYSE:BLK) 784,062 BTC, after purchasing 22,337 BTC last week for $1.57 billion. The Race To Become Largest Holder BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT) has seen cumulative net inflows of $63.21 billion since launching in January 2024.\u00a0 The fund holds 784,062 Bitcoin, representing 3.7% [&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-76791","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\/76791","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=76791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}