Strategy pauses Bitcoin purchases and spends $204.9 million on STRC buybacks

Strategy bought no Bitcoin during October 19–25 while repurchasing its STRC preferred shares. Its Bitcoin holdings remained at 848,517 BTC, and the buyback reduced its general-purpose cash balance while leaving its separate reserve unchanged.

• Strategy bought no Bitcoin and sold no shares through its at-the-market offering program during October 19–25. Decrypt describes this as its first pause in weekly Bitcoin purchases since mid-September.· 1 source
• The company spent $204.9 million repurchasing 2,068,459 STRC preferred shares, compared with $193.1 million the previous week.· 2 sources
• Bitcoin holdings remained at 848,517 BTC, acquired for $64.02 billion at an average cost of $75,446 per coin.· 1 source
• The buyback was funded entirely from USD Cash, which fell from $447.3 million to $242.4 million. The separate USD Reserve, intended to support preferred dividends and debt interest, remained at $4.83 billion.· 2 sources
• Strategy had $956.8 million left under its expanded $3 billion preferred-stock repurchase program. A separate common-stock buyback program had $1 billion remaining.· 1 source