Strategy said on 19 October 2026 that it had repurchased $193M of its STRC preferred stock and acquired 267 BTC, according to posts from the company and Michael Saylor first reported at 12:02:48 UTC. The company also said it increased the size of its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program from $2.0B to $3.0B. The story is labeled Confirmed, backed by a primary source, on-chain data or several independent outlets. [1] [2] [4]

The confirmation rests on Strategy's own posts and on Michael Saylor's post, with Decrypt and Cointelegraph also reporting the figures. Cointelegraph reported that the buyback covered 1.94 million STRC shares, and Decrypt reported that the Bitcoin was bought at an average of $75,446. These details come from the outlets' reporting rather than the company posts quoted here. [5] [6]

In a post, Michael Saylor said that as of 10/18/26 the company holds 848,517 BTC and $5.3B of USD assets. The company's post put the repurchase at $193M of STRC and the Bitcoin acquisition at 267 BTC. The repurchase program was raised from $2.0B to $3.0B, according to the company post. [1] [2] [3] [4]

A separate report from The Block, first reported at 12:10:14 UTC, said Strategy bought another 267 bitcoin for $22 million. That story is labeled Unverified, meaning it was reported by an established outlet but not confirmed at the source. The Block also reported that Strategy's BTC holdings account for around 4% of the total bitcoin supply, with $5.9 billion in paper gains. [7] [8] [9]

The $22 million figure and the $5.9 billion in paper gains appear only in The Block's report and remain unconfirmed at the source. The Block's figure of around 4% of total bitcoin supply is likewise unverified. The confirmed company posts do not state a dollar purchase price for the 267 BTC in the material provided. [7] [8] [9]