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StocksMediumUpdated×4•Originally published 26 October 2026•Updated 27 October 2026•
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Strategy Buys Back $205 Million in STRC Shares as Bitcoin Buying Pauses

Key Facts

1Strategy’s USD Cash balance fell from $447.3 million to $242.4 million.
2Strategy bought 267 Bitcoin in the previous week and 250 Bitcoin in the week before that.
3MSCI’s rule excludes a security if four or more of five financial ratios are flagged.
4The MSCI review changes take effect at the close on November 30, 2026.
5MSCI will publish the final list of potentially affected constituents on November 11, 2026.

Strategy executed a record $205 million buyback of its STRC shares during the week ended October 25, 2026. This expenditure reduced the company’s USD cash balance to $242.4 million, down from $447.3 million a week earlier, according to a Decrypt report. The company confirmed in its filing that it conducted no Bitcoin purchases or sales during this period, opting instead to direct liquidity toward repurchasing its own instruments.

The pause in Strategy's Bitcoin acquisition coincided with significant activity from Strive, which spent $511 million to acquire the cryptocurrency. Strategy’s decision to buy back STRC shares follows a capital framework designed to strengthen its financial structure when company instruments trade at attractive levels, coming after it purchased 267 Bitcoin for $22.1 million the previous week. Traders are currently monitoring the MSCI review scheduled for November 2026, with the list of constituents affected by new eligibility rules due for publication on November 11, 2026.

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