{"id":83486,"date":"2026-04-20T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83486"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:32:10","slug":"strategy-buys-34164-bitcoin-for-2-54-billion-will-mstr-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=83486","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Buys 34,164 Bitcoin For $2.54 Billion: Will MSTR Rally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Strategy Inc.<\/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>) has purchased of 34,164 <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>) for $2.54 billion at an average price of $74,395 between April 13 and April 19.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Third-Largest Purchase<\/h3>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/2046197791228068167\">acquisition<\/a> brings total holdings to 815,061 BTC, acquired for approximately $61.56 billion at an average cost basis of $75,527.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Bitcoin trading around $75,000, the position sits roughly breakeven.<\/p>\n<p>The purchase ranks as Strategy\u2019s third-largest on record and the biggest weekly acquisition since November 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Saylor gave his usual Sunday hint ahead of the announcement, sharing an update on Strategy\u2019s Bitcoin acquisition tracker and stating \u201cThink even bigger,\u201d suggesting a more substantial purchase than the prior week\u2019s 13,927 BTC.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How It Was Funded<\/h3>\n<p>The acquisitions were funded by $2.17 billion raised through sales of the company\u2019s preferred stock STRC and $366 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51912398\/strategy-buys-34164-bitcoin-for-2-54-billion-will-mstr-rally?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Strategy\" buys bitcoin for billion: will mstr rally>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) has purchased of 34,164 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for $2.54 billion at an average price of $74,395 between April 13 and April 19. The Third-Largest Purchase Strategy\u2019s latest acquisition brings total holdings to 815,061 BTC, acquired for approximately $61.56 billion at an average cost basis of $75,527.\u00a0 With Bitcoin trading around $75,000, the [&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-83486","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\/83486","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=83486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}