Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys 1,229 BTC as Bitcoin Heads Toward a 2025 Loss

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, previously MicroStrategy, has made another weekly BTC purchase amid the crypto market downtrend. This latest purchase comes as Bitcoin and MSTR stock head toward a 2025 loss, after losing their gains from earlier in the year.

Strategy Acquires 1,229 BTC For $108.8 Million

An SEC filing showed that the company acquired 1,229 BTC for $108.8 million at an average price of $88,568 per Bitcoin. It has now achieved a BTC yield of 23.2% year-to-date (YTD). It now holds 672,497 BTC, which it acquired for $50.44 billion at an average price of $74,997 per Bitcoin.

The filing also shows Strategy sold MSTR shares to fund this latest purchase. The company sold 663,450 shares, with the net proceeds of $108.8 million, used to buy more BTC.

This follows Saylor’s hint of another Bitcoin purchase yesterday. The company’s executive chairman had made his conventional Sunday X post, with the caption, ‘Back to Orange,’ signaling another purchase.

Meanwhile, this purchase comes just a week after Strategy had paused its Bitcoin buys. Instead of a purchase in the week ending December 21, the company announced that it increased its USD reserves to $2.19 billion.

Notably, the company made some of its largest purchases in 2025 this month, including a $980 million BTC purchase in the week ending December 14, which was its largest since July. It also bought 10,624 BTC for $962.7 million in the week ending December 7.

BTC Heads For A Yearly Loss

The latest Strategy purchase comes as the BTC price heads towards a 2025 loss, with the flagship crypto down almost 7% year-to-date (YTD). BTC staged a rebound above $90,000 yesterday and looked on course to erase its YTD loss, but has now dropped to an intraday low of around $87,000.

The MSTR stock is also on course to end this year in the red. TradingView data shows that the stock is down 47% YTD, having crashed from a yearly high of around $455 to below $160.

The Strategy stock is also down amid the announcement of this latest Bitcoin purchase. The stock is trading at around $157 in pre-market trading, down from last week’s close of $159.