Retiring STRC preferred stock below its $100 face value reduces STRC's preferred claim by an amount larger than the cash spent, lifting net Bitcoin per share

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Strive closed an initial public offering of 7 million SATS 15% Perpetual Series A Preferred shares, raising $630 million in gross proceeds

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

Strive's Bitcoin holdings have grown more than fourfold since the start of 2026

Strive acquired 6,182 Bitcoin for $511.4 million between October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 at an average price of $82,732 per Bitcoin, bringing total balance sheet holdings to 43,000 Bitcoin

Strategy's total 848,517 Bitcoin holdings were acquired for $64.02 billion at an average cost basis of $75,446 per coin

Strive established a $500 million at-the-market program in December 2025 for SATA, its first preferred stock issue

Strive carries no traditional debt such as bonds, credit lines, or leveraged positions, funding its Bitcoin strategy through equity and preferred stock issues

Strive's acquisition of Semler Scientific in January 2026 marked the first instance of one public Bitcoin treasury buying another

The October 22, 2026 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF net outflows erased roughly 60% of the $1.07 billion in net inflows accumulated over the prior three trading sessions

Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, plans to offer Bitcoin trading in early 2027 through Galaxy Digital, subject to Bank of Israel approval

The $635.6 million outflow from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs on October 22, 2026 reversed October's cumulative U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF flows back into a net loss of approximately $174.5 million to $176 million

DWF Labs research indicates spot Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerate when Bitcoin closes 7% or more below its 20-day high, with average daily flows shifting from $74 million in inflows to $72 million in outflows