Strategy Buys 13,927 Bitcoin, Total Holdings Reach 780,897 BTC
- Stacey George
- April 13, 2026
- Investment
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Strategy buys 13,927 Bitcoin in its latest treasury update, pushing total holdings to 780,897 BTC and showing the company is still willing to use public-market capital to deepen its exposure to digital assets during a weak stretch for crypto sentiment.
What Strategy Bought and Why the Deal Stands Out
On April 13, 2026, Strategy filed a Form 8-K under Items 7.01 and 8.01 saying that between April 6, 2026 and April 12, 2026 it acquired 13,927 BTC for an aggregate purchase price of $1.00 billion.
Strategy said the latest tranche was bought at an average of $71,902 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses. The company also said the purchases were funded with proceeds from its at-the-market equity program, which keeps the treasury strategy tied directly to investor demand for its shares.
A StockTitan recap of the filing independently summarized the same disclosure as a fresh equity raise used to expand Strategy’s bitcoin treasury. That matters because the latest buy looks less like a one-off trade and more like a repeatable funding loop built around capital markets access.
How the New Total Changes Strategy’s Bitcoin Position
As of April 12, 2026, Strategy held 780,897 BTC with an aggregate purchase price of $59.02 billion and an average cost basis of $75,577 per bitcoin. At that size, bitcoin is not a side allocation on the balance sheet, it is the balance-sheet strategy.
The filing also stated that the Item 7.01 information was furnished rather than filed for Section 18 liability purposes. For investors, that distinction frames the announcement as treasury and financing disclosure, not as a change to Strategy’s underlying operating business.
Bitcoin traded near $70,806 and was off about 0.98% over 24 hours on CoinGecko’s bitcoin market page. Strategy’s overall average cost remained at $75,577 per bitcoin in the filing. That gap shows management kept accumulating even while spot traded below its average book cost.
For readers tracking how institutional crypto capital can stay active even when sentiment is defensive, the same market is also absorbing narratives as different as Saudi Arabia’s projected crypto market expansion and Polkadot’s post-breach token dilution shock.
What Investors Should Watch After the Latest Bitcoin Buy
The clearest near-term question is how much more firepower the filing still leaves available. Strategy said it had $21.6426 billion of STRC capacity and $27.0961 billion of MSTR capacity remaining under its at-the-market programs, which is the most concrete sign that additional treasury purchases are still financially possible.
- Watch the pace: The latest purchase covered a seven-day reporting window ending April 12, so future disclosures will show whether management is accelerating or moderating buys at current prices.
- Watch the financing mix: Strategy explicitly tied the purchase to ATM share-sale proceeds, which means dilution and treasury expansion remain linked rather than separate investor questions.
- Watch the regulatory read-through: Strategy’s steady filing cadence now sits inside the wider U.S. policy debate over how the SEC and CFTC are fast-tracking crypto oversight with interpretive rules.
For now, the April 13 disclosure says something simple: Strategy is still buying at scale, still financing those buys through public equity issuance, and still treating bitcoin as the center of its corporate identity. In a market that remains fragile, that keeps MSTR among the clearest listed expressions of balance-sheet bitcoin risk.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency and digital asset markets carry significant risk. Always do your own research before making decisions.
