Strive to become the 7th largest publicly traded company holding Bitcoin, with approximately 1.7 billion dollars in Bitcoin

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Strive Asset Management purchased 1,110 bitcoins for approximately $81.5 million, increasing its bitcoin holdings to 21,356 bitcoins. Based on a bitcoin price of about $80,000, the holdings are valued at approximately $1.7 billion, making it the seventh largest company by bitcoin reserves among publicly traded companies.

According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Strive completed the purchase between August 17 and 21, with an average purchase price of $73,409 per bitcoin, including fees and related expenses. This purchase increased its bitcoin holdings by approximately 5.5% from the previous 20,246 bitcoins.

Strive raised funds through the issuance of ASST common stock and SATA preferred stock to execute its bitcoin reserve strategy. During the same period, its Class A shares increased by approximately 3.65 million shares, reaching 79.89 million shares, and it issued 441,313 shares of SATA preferred stock. Due to the increase in the number of shares, Strive's total bitcoin holdings grew by approximately 5.5%, but the bitcoin holdings per fully diluted share only increased by about 1.4%.

Strive CEO Matt Cole posted on the X platform that the company added 1,110 bitcoins at an average cost of $73,409 per bitcoin, bringing the total holdings to 21,356 bitcoins.

Previously, in August, Strive purchased 147 bitcoins at an average price of over $64,800 per bitcoin, and subsequently purchased 79 bitcoins at an average price of $63,231 per bitcoin, totaling 226 bitcoins. In June, Strive purchased 2,500 bitcoins for $185.2 million, increasing its holdings to 19,000 bitcoins.

As of August 21, Strive's cash and cash equivalents increased from approximately $154.8 million to $171.9 million. The price of SATA preferred stock is approximately $100, and the annualized dividend yield was raised to 13% in April.