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Strategy BTC treasury stressUpdate 18 of 22

Strategy Sells $334M of Shares — and, for a Change, No Bitcoin

Verified · 18 Aug 2026BitcoinAug 18, 2026

Strategy is navigating a crisis in its Bitcoin treasury model, oscillating between forced BTC sales, purchase pauses, and resumed accumulation as STRC preferred stock stress and unrealized losses reshape its capital framework.

Strategy's Monday filing disclosed no bitcoin purchases or sales for the week to August 16 — holdings steady at 840,447 BTC — while it sold about $333.7 million of MSTR shares, paying $52.4 million in STRC dividends, repurchasing $132.2 million of the preferred, and lifting its dollar reserve to $4.8 billion. Separately, MSCI's index consultation showed a simulation deleting Strategy and Metaplanet from the MSCI ACWI IMI, with SharpLink placed on a watchlist.

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