[Digital Today reporter Yoonseo Lee] Strategy bought an additional 24,869 bitcoin (BTC) last week, spending $2.01 billion.

Cointelegraph, a blockchain media outlet, reported on May 18 (local time) that the purchase lifted Strategy's total bitcoin holdings to 843,738 BTC.

An SEC filing showed Strategy bought bitcoin from May 11 to 17 at an average $80,985 per bitcoin. The average purchase price for its total holdings rose to $75,700 per bitcoin. The company has spent about $63.87 billion on bitcoin purchases so far, and the value of its holdings stands at about $65.3 billion based on CoinGecko data.

Most of the funding for the latest purchase came from sales of STRC perpetual preferred shares. Strategy raised about $1.95 billion by selling about 19.5 million STRC shares, accounting for about 97 percent of the total funds used for the purchase. By contrast, sales of its Class A common stock, MSTR, raised $83.7 million from 430,344 shares.

The fundraising structure is similar to the company's recent buying approach. Strategy has raised funds by increasing the share of preferred stock issuance over common stock in past large-scale bitcoin purchases. STRC trading also surged this time, and daily volume at one point hit a record 15.1 million shares, leading the market to expect another large bitcoin purchase.

Strategy, co-founded by Michael Saylor (마이클 세일러), holds the most bitcoin among listed companies. Saylor has previously signaled additional buying by releasing a chart showing 109 bitcoin purchases since 2020.

Saylor has also recently mentioned the possibility of selling bitcoin during an earnings presentation. "If we adhere too rigidly to the principle of never selling bitcoin, it could, over time, work against protecting the long-term value of assets the company seeks to accumulate and hold," he said. He did not formalise a sale, but the comment was seen as suggesting flexibility in management, departing from the company's previous message of only expanding holdings.

Against that backdrop, Strategy continued large purchases even as bitcoin traded around $80,000. The company again chose a preferred share-focused fundraising structure, keeping a method that relatively lowers the burden of dilution for common shareholders. Market attention is focused on whether Strategy will continue additional purchases with the same structure and what changes the selling possibility mentioned by Saylor could bring to its asset management strategy.

Strategy has acquired 24,869 BTC for ~$2.01 billion at ~$80,985 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 12.6% YTD 2026. As of 5/17/2026, we hodl 843,738 $BTC acquired for ~$63.87 billion at ~$75,700 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/y1zvePEuym