Strive has made a substantial Bitcoin purchase, acquiring $143 million worth of BTC as large institutional buyers appear to be returning to the market. The acquisition adds 1,800 BTC to the company's reserves, bringing total holdings to 23,156 coins.

In a Form 8-K filed on August 31 — the SEC disclosure form companies use to report material events to shareholders — the company disclosed that the purchases took place between August 24 and 28 at an average price of $79,431 per bitcoin, including fees. Holdings rose from the prior week, when Strive bought 1,110 BTC for $81.5 million. The latest purchase ranks among the company's largest, though it remains smaller than the 5,816 BTC acquired in September 2025 through the deal involving the Semler Scientific merger.

Financing and Capital Structure

Strive Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST), co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and led by CEO Matt Cole, raised the funds through at-the-market issuance. Class A common shares outstanding increased from 72 million to 83.4 million, a rise of 3.5 million shares.

CEO Matt Cole announced the purchase on X:

Strive acquired an additional 1,800 BTC for $143M at an average cost of $79,431 per bitcoin, bringing total holdings to ₿23,156. $ASST $SATA pic.twitter.com/6ztKhC4PFF — Matt Cole (@ColeMacro) August 31, 2026

SATA perpetual preferred shares increased to 9.07 million. Total cash rose to $183.5 million from $171.9 million, while BTC per share climbed 4.3% to 0.000248 BTC, outpacing any dilution effects. The BTC-per-share metric — a measure popularized by corporate treasury companies as a way to show accretion independent of bitcoin's dollar price — has become a key benchmark investors use to compare such firms, since growing it means each share claims more bitcoin even as share count expands.

Why It Matters for Treasury Adoption

The purchase came alongside Strategy's acquisition of 4,603 BTC worth $370 million after a two-month pause, bringing combined corporate purchases to roughly $513 million over five days. Corporate bitcoin treasury adoption has grown into a distinct sector since Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) pioneered the approach in 2020, and clustered purchases of this kind are watched as a gauge of whether publicly listed companies are again allocating capital to bitcoin after lulls in the cycle.

According to BitcoinTreasuries.net, Strive is the seventh-largest publicly listed corporate holder of Bitcoin.

Equity Model Limits

Strive operates a debt-free, equity-based model in which holders receive dividends at variable rates of up to 13% through SATA preferred shares rather than through convertible debt. This approach keeps liquidation risk minimal, but growth is constrained by equity market performance and by maintaining the value of SATA holdings above the $100 par level. That stands in contrast to the convertible-debt financing used by some other large treasury holders, which allows faster accumulation but introduces leverage-related obligations. How effectively Strive can keep raising equity capital on accretive terms — visible in future 8-K filings and its weekly purchase disclosures — is the main indicator to watch for whether this pace of accumulation continues.

Source: GlobeNewswire

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