
Strategy Buys 10.645 BTC After Michael Saylor Signals “Back To Work”
Key Takeaways
- Saylor signaled Strategy would resume Bitcoin purchases after a one-week pause.
- The pause preceded Strategy's Q1 earnings call, with possible BTC sales to fund dividends.
- Reported Strategy BTC holdings range roughly 709,000 to 818,334 coins.
Saylor’s latest BTC buy
Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, added another 10.645 BTC to its Bitcoin holdings, buying at a stated average price of 92.098 dollars and paying 980,3 million dollars, according to an announcement dated 15 de diciembre de 2025.
“The Strategy giant is once again betting everything on bitcoin, despite its poor performance”
The TradingView report says the purchase brings Strategy’s holdings to 671.268 $BTC acquired for about 50.300 millones de dólares, with an average purchase cost of 74.972 dólares per bitcoin.

It also frames the move as occurring while Bitcoin has stayed near 90.000 dólares after recent downward pressure, with investors watching for the publication of key macroeconomic data.
In a separate report, bloomigbit says Strategy’s chairman Michael Saylor signaled a potential resumption of buying this week with the message "Back to work, BTC."
Dividend-linked selling debate
Bloomingbit reports that Strategy reiterated it could sell some Bitcoin to fund dividend payments, but that any actual sales would be limited and would have limited impact on market prices.
In the same account, CEO Phong Le told CNBC that the company would take a mathematical rather than ideological approach, saying Bitcoin would be sold only in limited cases including preferred dividend payments and tax planning.

Bitcoin News adds that Saylor posted “Back to work. BTC” on X on May 10, 2026, alongside an image of Strategy’s bitcoin holdings tracker, signaling the firm is resuming aggressive accumulation after a one-week pause.
That report also says Saylor indicated Strategy may sell 1 BTC to fund STRC dividends while buying 10 to 20 more, and it quotes Saylor saying, “Even if we were to sell one bitcoin, we’d be buying 10 to 20 more,” in a clip described in the article.
Optionality, scrutiny, and stakes
The TradingView report says Strategy is facing regulatory and indexation scrutiny, including a formal letter challenging a MSCI proposal to exclude companies whose digital assets exceed 50% of total assets in its Global Investable Market Indexes.
“Saylor Signals Strategy May Resume Bitcoin Buys, Says Any Sales Would Be Limited to Dividends, Taxes Summary - Michael Saylor signaled that Bitcoin purchases could resume this week with the message, "Back to work, BTC”
It adds that Strategy argued the rule is discriminatoria, arbitraria e inconsistente, and that Saylor and his team highlighted Strategy’s status as an operating company with a software business.
Cointelegraph describes how critics say the company’s Q1 2026 earnings-call comments about potentially selling portions of its Bitcoin holdings periodically to pay dividends could weigh on Bitcoin’s market price by introducing new selling pressure.
Cointelegraph also quotes Phong Le telling CNBC, “I don't think we're driving the price up or down,” while stating the company owns about 4% of the total BTC supply and that its $1.5 billion annual dividend payments could be absorbed given Bitcoin’s average daily trading volume of more than $60 billion.
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