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Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Posts .2B Loss As BTC Price Suffered

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy reported a loss of .22 billion for the second quarter of 2026 thanks to the falling price of the leading cryptocurrency. 

In its quarterly report, Nasdaq-listed Strategy (MSTR) — formerly MicroStrategy — put the loss down to the Bitcoin price crash, even as the company continued raising capital, buying more Bitcoin and paying down debt.

In the same period of 2025, Strategy reported a net income of .02 billion. 

“In the second quarter of 2026, Strategy strengthened its balance sheet while navigating a meaningful Bitcoin price decline,” Strategy CEO and President Phong Le said in a statement. 

Chairman and the architect behind the software company’s Bitcoin-buying masterplan, Michael Saylor, added: “In the midst of this phase of muted Bitcoin sentiment and market skepticism, we continue to evolve our business model and establish digital credit as a new asset class.”

Bitcoin’s price is down nearly 50% from the all-time high of 6,080 it notched in October 2025. The leading cryptocurrency was recently priced at ,745, down 26% year-to-date. 

Over the quarter, the Tysons, Virginia-based company said it increased its Bitcoin holdings by 11%. Strategy now holds 843,775 Bitcoins worth .6 billion at today’s prices.

Strategy for the past five weeks had paused its Bitcoin buys, instead focusing on putting more cash on its balance sheet. 

The scale of the reported loss is a direct consequence of how Bitcoin treasury companies account for their holdings. Because the coins are marked to market, every swing in the price of Bitcoin flows straight through to the income statement, producing outsized paper gains when prices rise and equally dramatic paper losses when they fall. The headline figure therefore reflects the drop in the value of the company’s stack rather than any operational failure of its core software business.

Investors buy Strategy’s stock to get leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. Because the firm funds much of its buying through debt and equity issuance, its shares tend to rise faster than Bitcoin during rallies and fall harder during downturns. But when the price of the asset dips, MSTR also suffers. 

MSTR stock is currently down over 80% from its 2024 peak of over 0 per share. 

The idea of “digital credit as a new asset class,” referenced by Saylor, points to Strategy’s growing suite of fixed-income-style products built on top of its Bitcoin balance sheet. The company has other offerings, including STRC, a product that pays investors a dividend. These instruments are designed to let a wider range of investors gain exposure to the company’s Bitcoin position without buying the more volatile common stock directly. 

This post Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Posts .2B Loss As BTC Price Suffered first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.

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