Strategy’s STRC Raises $1.18B in One Week, Buying Seven Times Bitcoin’s Weekly Mined Supply

TLDR:

• Strategy purchased 22,337 BTC last week, surpassing seven times the total weekly mined supply of 3,150 coins. 
• STRC recorded $2.2B in weekly trading volume, with a single day hitting $740M — rare for any fixed income product. 
• The 11.5% STRC dividend is backed by over $2B cash and $55B in Bitcoin, giving investors yield with BTC exposure. 
• At its current pace, STRC could raise $16B more in 2025, growing Strategy’s Bitcoin stack by nearly 30% without MSTR dilution.

STRC, Strategy’s preferred stock, has emerged as a powerful Bitcoin accumulation tool in the market. Last week, the instrument raised $1.18 billion for the company in a single week.

Strategy then used those proceeds to purchase 22,337 Bitcoin. That purchase exceeded seven times the weekly mined supply of 3,150 coins.

The scale of this activity is drawing growing attention across both traditional finance and the broader crypto space.

A Fixed Income Product Unlike Any Other

STRC did not exist eight months ago. Yet, it is now generating trading volumes that no other fixed income product can match.

Last week alone, it recorded $2.2 billion in weekly trading volume. On a single day, volume reached $740 million.

Typically, preferred equity products trade quietly in institutional accounts. However, STRC is behaving more like a high-demand growth asset.

Its 11.5% dividend makes it attractive to income-focused investors. At the same time, every dollar flowing into it converts directly into Bitcoin on Strategy’s balance sheet.

The dividend obligation remains fixed and backed by over $2 billion in cash. Strategy also holds over $55 billion worth of Bitcoin as further backing.

This structure gives investors a yield-bearing product with Bitcoin exposure underneath. That combination is rare in traditional financial markets.

As analyst Rob Wallace noted on X, STRC is “becoming the Bitcoin accumulation machine Saylor has always dreamed of.” The product is eliminating thousands of potential future Bitcoin holders by absorbing supply permanently.

Over the last two weeks, STRC raised $1.557 billion in total. That pace, even conservatively projected, could generate another $16 billion before the end of the year.

Strategy’s Supply Absorption and What It Means for Bitcoin

Strategy is currently purchasing Bitcoin at 2.66 times the global daily mining rate. This means the company is absorbing supply far faster than the network can produce new coins.

As that gap widens, available Bitcoin on the open market continues to shrink. The effect on long-term price dynamics is straightforward to trace.

If STRC raises $16 billion more this year as projected, Strategy’s Bitcoin stack would grow by nearly 30%. Notably, this growth would not dilute common MSTR shareholders.

That structure separates STRC from typical equity raises. It also makes the model more sustainable than critics suggest.

Some market observers have called Strategy’s model a Ponzi scheme. However, similar criticism followed Bitcoin at $1, $100, and again at $10,000.

The company’s approach depends on continued belief in Bitcoin’s long-term appreciation. The historical track record of Bitcoin’s price has so far supported that thesis.

The full scale of this machine has not yet been tested in a bull market. That moment, should it arrive, could reshape the pace of institutional Bitcoin accumulation further.

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