Strategy posted one of its slowest months for buying BTC, with a total of 778 BTC purchased in October, down 78% from 3,526 BTC in September.
Michael Saylor’s strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its BTC holdings last week amid rising momentum, but buying activity has slowed considerably since September.
Strategy purchased 390 Bitcoin (BTC) for $43.3 million in its latest BTC acquisition last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday.
The purchases were made at an average price of $111,117 per BTC, with Bitcoin briefly rising past $113,000 last Tuesday, according to CoinGecko data.
The acquisition brought Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 640,808 BTC, purchased for about $47.4 billion at an average price of $74,032 per coin.
With the latest purchase of 390 BTC, Strategy has accumulated 778 Bitcoin in October — among the smallest monthly totals in its history.
Compared with the 3,526 BTC acquired in September, Strategy’s October buys are down 78%, underscoring the ongoing slowdown in accumulation. The latest buy is even smaller compared with the massive 31,466 BTC and 26,695 BTC acquired in July and May, respectively.
According to CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartun, the rapid slowdown in Strategy’s Bitcoin purchasing has been caused by capital raising difficulties, with equity issuance premiums plummeting from 208% to 4%.
“Strategy is no longer buying big — but they’re still buying,” Maartun wrote in an X post on Sunday, adding that long-term conviction remains, “even as funding pressure grows.”
Despite the sharp slowdown, 2025 remains the biggest year for Bitcoin investments by Strategy, with $19.53 billion spent on BTC acquisitions so far. The company still has roughly two months to surpass last year’s record of $21.76 billion spent on BTC, according to Maartun.
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Strategy’s latest 390 BTC buy came amid its Common A stock, MSTR, falling below $280 last week, marking a gradual sell-off after the shares topped at around $456 in July, according to TradingView data.
