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‘There’s always room for more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy scoops up another 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million as holdings reach 848,250 BTC

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‘There’s always room for more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy scoops up another 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million as holdings reach 848,250 BTCWorldPing
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What happened

Strategy's total holdings account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $71 billion.

Key facts

  • Strategy's total holdings account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $71 billion.
  • Reported by The Block and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:13:45 UTC.

Why it matters

Digital-asset markets react to catalysts within minutes, and liquidity, ETF flows and regulatory signals are usually what decide whether a move sticks.

What to watch next

  • Whether spot volume and open interest confirm the move
  • Liquidation clusters around the current price
  • ETF flow data and any regulatory follow-up

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Bitcoin pulls back from $84,000 as oil recovers, ETFs bleed over $600 million

  2. SWI raises $894 million to repurpose former FTX bitcoin miner Genesis Digital to AI

  3. Shorting XRP, Bitcoin, Ether, SOL Has This NEAR Trader up $20 Million

  4. Strategy Buys More Bitcoin and Retires Nearly 2M STRC Shares

  5. ‘There’s always room for more orange’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy scoops up another 250 bitcoin for $21.5 million as holdings reach 848,250 BTC

  6. Strategy adds 250 Bitcoin as holdings reach 848,250 BTC

  7. Strategy Scoops Up $21.5M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $192M in STRC

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