Technique co-founder Michael Saylor signaled an impending Bitcoin (BTC) buy, and, if accomplished, the transaction will mark the corporate’s third BTC acquisition in August.
The corporate’s most up-to-date Bitcoin purchase occurred on August 18, when Technique bought 430 BTC for $51.4 million, bringing its whole holdings to 629,376 BTC, valued at over $72 billion on the time of this writing.
Information from SaylorTracker exhibits Technique is up over 56% on its BTC funding, representing over $25.8 billion in unrealized positive aspects at present costs.
The corporate’s BTC acquisitions in August have been comparatively slim. Technique usually acquires 1000’s or tens of 1000’s of BTC in each buy, but it has solely acquired 585 BTC to date, in two separate transactions, this month.
Technique leads the cost in company BTC acquisition and is the most important BTC treasury firm by a large margin. Saylor continues to advocate for Bitcoin by orange-pilling particular person traders and monetary establishments, sparking a motion in company finance.
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Technique is just not instantly impacting Bitcoin market costs with its acquisition plan
Shirish Jajodia, the corporate’s company treasurer, not too long ago instructed podcaster Natalie Brunell that Technique doesn’t transfer the BTC market with its purchases.
The corporate acquires BTC by way of over-the-counter transactions, non-public agreements between events that happen outdoors of spot exchanges, and different strategies that don’t affect market worth.
Institutional traders maintain BTC long-term, which raises the ground worth of Bitcoin over time. Nevertheless, different elements, like worth hypothesis and merchants, have a extra rapid affect on the short-term market worth of BTC, Jajodia mentioned.
“Bitcoin’s buying and selling quantity is over $50 billion in any 24 hours — that is big quantity. So, in case you are shopping for $1 billion over a few days, it isn’t truly transferring the market that a lot,” he added.
Technique continues to build up BTC for its company treasury, even amid sinking share costs, which have impacted most Bitcoin treasury corporations within the second half of 2025.
The corporate’s inventory sank to its lowest level in practically 4 months on Wednesday, hitting a low of about $325 per share, ranges not seen since April. Nevertheless, the value rebounded to round $358 per share on Friday.
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