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Saylor hints at more Bitcoin buying, with no deal confirmed

Published 19 October 2026

Michael Saylor suggested Strategy may buy more Bitcoin in an October 18 post, but the company has not confirmed a new transaction. Its latest reported holdings, 848,250 BTC, cover purchases through October 11. Saylor, Strategy’s executive chairman, posted “We found room for more orange” on X alongside a chart of the company’s Bitcoin purchases. The post did not give a purchase amount or date, and did not establish that a trade had taken place. The October 12 filing remains the latest confirmed account of Strategy’s holdings in the supplied information. That filing reported that Strategy bought 250 BTC for about $21.5 million between October 5 and October 11, bringing its total to 848,250 BTC. The company said it had spent about $64 billion to acquire its holdings, an average of $75,444 per coin. The latest 250-coin purchase averaged $86,194 per BTC, including fees and expenses. Strategy also reported spending $192.4 million to repurchase 1,932,145 shares of its STRC preferred stock during the same week. The amount was substantially greater than its Bitcoin purchase spending. The filing reported $4.88 billion in a designated USD Reserve and $640.5 million in separate USD Cash...

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