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Vol. I · August 31, 2026 · Gotham City · Free to read

Markets · Bitcoin

Strategy Buys Back In

A ten-week pause ends with a $370 million bitcoin purchase and a preferred-stock repurchase, in a year the company also sold for the first time.

By Summer Gleeson · Gotham Gazette

Strategy disclosed on 31 August 2026 that it had bought 4,603 bitcoin for about $370 million, its first purchase since late June and the end of a ten-week pause, taking its holdings to 845,050 BTC. In the same disclosure it reported repurchasing $152 million of its variable-rate preferred stock.

The buying resumption lands in a year that broke the company's own rule. Long the loudest voice against ever selling, Strategy sold bitcoin in 2026 for the first time.

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Sources of Record

  1. Yahoo Finance — Strategy ends 10-week pause with $370M bitcoin buy
  2. The Crypto Times — Strategy adds 4,603 BTC, repurchases STRC (8-K, 31 Aug 2026)
  3. The Block — Strategy sells BTC in 2026
  4. CFR — DeepSeek V4 and the US-China AI rivalry
  5. CoinDesk — Bitcoin ETFs are BlackRock’s top revenue source
  6. Washington Post — Trump pardons Zhao (Oct 2025)
  7. US News — Nvidia $100B OpenAI, antitrust questions
  8. Reuters/Yahoo — SEC ends Ripple case
  9. DOJ (SDNY) — Do Kwon pleads guilty
  10. SEC — Terraform/Kwon $4.47B judgment
  11. White House — GENIUS Act (stablecoins)
  12. CNBC — Nvidia hits $4 trillion

Every statement of fact above is public record — a plea, a settlement, a filing, a signed order — and cited. The wit in the margin is the lens; the record is the record.

The investigation continues.

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