Formerly MicroStrategy, Strategy purchased 267 Bitcoin for $22.1 million during the week before pausing its cryptocurrency acquisitions in October 2026

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Datavault AI disclosed in an October 26, 2026 SEC filing that its June 2026 request to withdraw Bitcoin from the Biconomy exchange to an outside account remained unprocessed

Scilex Holding Company credited 1,309.04 Bitcoin to Datavault AI's Biconomy wallet via off-chain internal transfers rather than on-chain Bitcoin blockchain transactions

Datavault AI is reclassifying the Bitcoin tied to the $150 million Scilex Holding Company stock purchase as a subscription receivable, which presents as a reduction of stockholders' equity rather than a cryptocurrency asset

In September 2025, Scilex Holding Company agreed to purchase 15 million Datavault AI shares and a warrant for 263.9 million shares for $150 million payable in Bitcoin

Scilex Holding Company acquired its Bitcoin by selling $200 million of shares in its subsidiary Semnur Pharmaceuticals to Biconomy, allocating $150 million of that Bitcoin to the Datavault AI stock purchase

Between September 2025 and January 2026, Datavault AI sold 491.431 Bitcoin from its Biconomy balance back to Scilex Holding Company for $40.5 million in cash

Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp posted on X that Datavault AI's stock crashed because the company informed investors it could not withdraw Bitcoin from Biconomy while the exchange held its funds

Strategy paused Bitcoin acquisitions during the week ending October 25, 2026, retaining its holdings at 848,517 BTC acquired for $64.02 billion at an average price of $75,446 per Bitcoin

Datavault AI disclosed that it intends to restate the financial statements affected by the Scilex Bitcoin accounting error but has not yet determined the timing of those filings

In June 2026, Scilex Holding Company and Datavault AI signed a term sheet for Scilex to acquire 837 Bitcoin for $50 million, a term sheet Datavault AI warned may never close

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Strive closed an initial public offering of 7 million SATS 15% Perpetual Series A Preferred shares

Strive CEO Matt Cole stated that the company aims to end 2026 as the second-largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin

Strive is the fourth-largest publicly traded corporate holder of Bitcoin, trailing Strategy with 848,517 BTC, Metaplanet with 44,000 BTC, and Twenty One Capital with 43,514 BTC

Strive carries ongoing dividend liabilities on preferred stock issues like SATS, which pays a 15% dividend on a $100 stated amount regardless of Bitcoin price movements

Strive established an at-the-market program allowing the company to sell up to $1 billion of SATS preferred stock over time to fund Bitcoin purchases, working capital, or acquisitions

Strategy bought zero Bitcoin during the week of October 19 to 25, 2026, keeping its total holdings unchanged at 848,517 BTC

Strive completed an all-stock acquisition of Semler Scientific in January 2026, absorbing a Bitcoin wallet that added thousands of Bitcoin to Strive's corporate balance sheet

Bitmine Immersion Technologies held 215 Bitcoin, $514 million in cash and marketable securities, a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, and $76 million in Eightco Holdings as of October 25, 2026

Between September 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026, Strive acquired a total of 15,538 Bitcoin across multiple weekly purchases

Strive set aside a $157.5 million dividend reserve to cover the first 18 months of dividend payments on its SATS preferred stock