Strategy Buys 535 Bitcoin for $43 Million in Smallest Weekly Purchase of 2026

Strategy (MSTR) acquired 535 BTC for $43 million from May 4-10, its smallest weekly purchase of 2026, bringing total holdings to 818,869 Bitcoin. Executives signaled potential future Bitcoin sales to fund shareholder dividends, marking a shift from Executive Chairman Michael Saylor's February 2026 statement that Strategy would never sell Bitcoin.

Strategy's Bitcoin purchase activity

• ▪Strategy's purchase of 535 Bitcoin was the smallest weekly purchase of 2026.
• ▪Strategy bought 535 Bitcoin for $43 million.
• ▪Michael Saylor is Executive Chairman of Strategy.

Shift in Bitcoin selling policy

• ▪Strategy executives signaled that Strategy may sell Bitcoin under a narrowly defined condition.
• ▪Michael Saylor stated in February 2026 that Strategy would never sell Bitcoin.

Shareholder dividend condition

• ▪Strategy may sell Bitcoin to fund shareholder dividends.
• ▪Michael Saylor introduced a practical exception to Strategy's never-sell policy for funding shareholder dividends.

Perspective of Strategy investors and market observers

• ▪Strategy's potential Bitcoin sales to fund dividends represent a narrowly defined condition under which the company would liquidate holdings.
• ▪Strategy's introduction of a dividend-funding exception contradicts Michael Saylor's February 2026 statement that Strategy would never sell Bitcoin.

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