Strive added 1,800 Bitcoin in its latest purchase, lifting its holdings to 23,156 coins.
Strive purchased 1,800 Bitcoin for about $143 million between August 24 and August 28, according to a regulatory filing. The average acquisition price was $79,431 per coin, lifting the company’s total holdings to 23,156 Bitcoin, valued by the source at roughly $1.8 billion at prevailing prices. Strive’s Nasdaq-listed shares traded about 9% higher after the announcement and were up nearly 40% for the year. The company reported a 40.8% year-to-date Bitcoin yield and now ranks fifth among publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies.
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The purchase extends the competition among listed companies using equity markets to build Bitcoin exposure. Strive’s debt-free approach may reduce forced-liquidation risk compared with leveraged treasury models, but shareholders remain exposed to dilution, valuation premiums and Bitcoin volatility. Its reported Bitcoin yield can help assess holdings growth relative to share count, though it is not equivalent to an operating return. Investors should watch future equity issuance, per-share holdings and whether the stock continues to trade at levels that support additional purchases.
