Breaking: MSTR Stock Jumps as Strategy’s Unrealized Profit on Bitcoin Surpasses $30B

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, said on Monday, it has purchased 155 BTC for $18 million.

MSTR stock price opened nearly 3% higher at $405.80 in response to the purchase and Bitcoin price surpassing $122,000.

With the latest purchase, the company boosted its Bitcoin holdings to 628,946 BTC worth more than $76.73 billion at $122k BTC price.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Bitcoin Holdings Reaches 628,946 BTC

According to a press release on August 11, Strategy purchased 155 BTC at $116,401 per Bitcoin between August 4-10, 2025.

The Bitcoin purchases were made using proceeds from the STRF shares at-the-market (ATM) offerings.

Meanwhile, this has also sparked optimism among traders. For context, the MSTR stock has soared past the $400 mark in the pre-market session after the announcement.

Chairman Michael Saylor took to X to reach out to shareholders and the wider crypto community about the latest Bitcoin purchase for just $18 million.

He shared that the company has achieved a BTC Yield of 25% year-to-date (YTD).

Saylor also revealed that Strategy has raised its Bitcoin stash to 628,946 BTC. These were acquired for $46.09 billion at $73,288 per Bitcoin.

Notably, this makes Michael Saylor’s Strategy to sit on more than $30.6 billion in unrealized profit.

As per Saylor tracker, the company’s BTC holdings are valued at $76.30 billion as compared to its total investment of $46.09 billion.

On July 29, Strategy acquired 21,021 BTC for approximately $2.46 billion at $117,256 average. These were purchased from $2.5 billion raised from its fourth preferred stock STRC public offering.

MSTR Stock Rebounds as Profit Rises

At the time of writing, MSTR stock jumped nearly 3% in pre-market trading hours, with expectations of a higher opening price on Monday.

It happened as unrealized gains on Bitcoin investments surpassed $30 billion. The stock closed 1.71**%** lower at $395.13 last Friday.

Analysts remain bullish on MSTR stock price due to the recent change in sentiment. As per Yahoo Finance, Strategy stock has rallied more than 36% YTD.

Despite massive short positions on MSTR stock, its YTD return is higher than Bitcoin’s 30% YTD return.

On August 11, Mizuho Securities lifted the price target on MSTR stock to $586 from $563. The average price target for MSTR stock is $561, with Mark Palmer from Benchmark raising the price target from $650 to $705.

Bitcoin Price Rebounds Above $122K

Bitcoin price fell below $120K at the time of writing, after rebounding above $122K earlier today, as analysts claimed BTC was nearing bull market top.

The price was trading at $119,473, with a 24-hour low and high of $117,519 and $122,321, respectively.

Furthermore, the trading volume has increased by more than 37% in the last 24 hours, indicating a significant rise in interest among traders.

The surge in BTC price over the weekend might have also fueled optimism, triggering a surge in the MSTR stock price.

Notably, the bullish bull flag pattern for Bitcoin price is at play for a price target of $135K.

However, popular analyst Benjamin Cowen said this could be the last rally before the bull market top in October.

CoinGlass data showed mixed activity in the derivatives market. At the time of writing, the total BTC futures open interest jumped more than 3% to $82.10 billion in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, BTC futures OI on CME and Binance fell more than 2% and 1.5% in the last 4 hours, respectively.

This signals mixed sentiment among derivatives traders, with uncertainty ahead of the US CPI and PPI inflation data this week.