Strive’s Nasdaq-traded shares surged more than 11% as the Bitcoin treasury company said it paid an average of $73,409 per BTC, pushing its holdings to 21,356 Bitcoin.
Strive purchased 1,110 Bitcoin for about $81.5 million last week, bringing its total holdings to 21,356 BTC. According to a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company paid an average of $73,409 per Bitcoin (BTC), including fees and expenses, for purchases made between Aug. 17 and Aug. 21.
Strive’s cash and cash equivalents rose by $17.1 million to $171.9 million over the period, while its Class A shares outstanding increased by 3.65 million to 79.89 million. Bitcoin was trading near $79,000 on Monday, about 8% above the average price Strive paid for its latest purchase.
The purchase lifted Strive to the seventh-largest publicly traded corporate BTC holder, behind Bullish and ahead of SpaceX, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET data. Its Nasdaq-traded ASST shares were up more than 11% in Monday morning trading, poised to extend their roughly 36% year-to-date gains, according to Yahoo Finance data.
“The upside is not simply Bitcoin going higher. It is Bitcoin becoming the fastest horse inside an expanding scarcity trade while $ASST is structured to amplify that outcome as much as we can responsibly support,” CEO Matt Cole said in a post on X ahead of Monday’s market open.
Strive operates a Bitcoin treasury strategy alongside an asset management business that manages nearly $3 billion across exchange-traded funds and a direct-indexing platform, according to the company.
It also held 505,000 shares of Strategy’s STRC preferred stock valued at $48.6 million as of Aug. 21.
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SATA closed at $100.01 on Friday, returning to management’s targeted $99-to-$101 trading range after falling as low as $83.30 in late June. Strive narrowed the range from $95-$105 to $99-$101 in March and said it would not issue SATA through at-the-market or follow-on offerings below $100.
Strive launched SATA in November 2025, initially selling 2 million shares at $80 each for $160 million in gross proceeds. The variable-rate perpetual preferred stock has a stated amount and initial liquidation preference of $100 per share.
Top 10 publicly traded companies by Bitcoin holdings. Source: BitcoinTreasuries.NET
Unlike Strive’s common stock, SATA is designed as an income product, with a variable dividend rate intended to help keep the shares trading near $100. Strive raised the annualized dividend rate to 13% in April and switched from monthly to daily dividend payments beginning June 16.
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