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Strategy Builds $3.75 Billion Cash Reserve, Pauses Bitcoin Buys and Begins STRC Repurchases

The company says the cash cushion is meant to provide runway for preferred dividends and interest while it shifts from pure BTC accumulation to active balance‑sheet management.

Overview

  • For the week ending July 26 Strategy sold 5,429,160 MSTR shares through its at‑the‑market program and raised about $544.5 million, lifting its USD Reserve to $3.75 billion.
  • The firm’s Bitcoin holdings remained unchanged at 843,775 BTC as it extended a multi‑week buying pause, the longest stretch without purchases in roughly two years.
  • Strategy used roughly $25 million of fresh proceeds to repurchase 288,930 shares of its high‑yield STRC preferred stock under a board‑approved repurchase program and retains about $975 million of that authorization.
  • Management estimates the $3.75 billion reserve covers roughly 2.1 years of preferred dividends and interest on debt given annualized obligations of about $1.76 billion and the cash is not legally ring‑fenced.
  • The company keeps options to raise more equity with substantial remaining ATM capacity and to monetize up to $1.25 billion of Bitcoin, moves that reduce short‑term funding risk but can dilute common holders or put two‑way pressure on Bitcoin markets if used.