Bitcoin (BTC) Treasury Firm Strategy Reports 12 Top Shareholders Raised MSTR Stakes by $1.2B

Strategy, the firm known for running a corporate treasury around Bitcoin (BTC), said 12 of its top 15 institutional shareholders added to their MSTR positions in the second quarter of 2026, boosting their combined holdings by $1.2B. The investor-relations disclosure behind that figure puts gross buying from the 12 funds at about $1.3B, while the three trimming shareholders reduced their positions by roughly $609M, for a net increase of approximately $695M among the top 15. Goldman Sachs was the largest single contributor, adding around $407M, followed by Capital International Investors with $346M and two BlackRock-affiliated funds whose combined purchases exceeded $170M. Strategy cites the additions as institutional backing for its Bitcoin-centric treasury model, but the list also includes passive investors such as Vanguard and State Street, whose MSTR weightings can change because of index rebalancing and fund inflows rather than an active decision about Bitcoin. For Bitcoin followers, the disclosure is significant because MSTR trades as a leveraged-style proxy for the company's reserve, meaning shifts in its shareholder base can signal how institutions want exposure to the BTC trade without holding the coin directly. The figures cover the top 15 institutional holders only, leaving smaller funds and retail outside the disclosed tally, and Strategy's public statement led with the aggregate $1.2B increase while the supporting materials showed the smaller net gain once the three reductions were subtracted.

Strategy's materials show MSTR traded up to about $195 during Q2 before giving back gains and closing June at $86.93. Since the quarter ended, the capital-allocation picture has shifted. The company's preferred share class, STRC, which was introduced as a complementary funding source for Bitcoin purchases, slipped below the $80 level, and Strategy responded by raising the annual dividend from 9% to 12% and moving to semi-monthly payments. That adjustment did not stop the preferred from trading below par, and in the most recent weeks the company said it sold more than $2B combined in MSTR and Bitcoin, bought back approximately $347M of STRC, and increased its dollar reserves to $4.8B. That is a material change from the prior pattern of issuing equity or preferred stock to accumulate more Bitcoin. At the same time, index provider MSCI is reviewing a methodology that would exclude non-operating companies from its equity indexes, and a May data cut applied under the proposed rules would have included both Strategy and Japan's Metaplanet. Strategy's management estimates that an exclusion could generate selling pressure equal to up to 4% of shares outstanding, driven mainly by passive funds that track MSCI benchmarks. Such an index removal would be separate from Strategy's operating results, but it would force benchmark-tracking portfolios to reduce MSTR exposure even if they agree with the Bitcoin thesis. The Q2 institutional buyers are therefore exposed to two developments at once: a company-level shift in how Strategy finances its Bitcoin holdings, and a potential index-driven seller that could hit MSTR regardless of fundamental views. Whether the active additions outweigh that possible forced selling will depend on how the MSCI review concludes and on whether the new dividend and buyback program stabilizes STRC.

Since that quarterly filing, MSTR has jumped more than 18% this week as Bitcoin reclaimed the $70,000 level for the first time in 78 days, following two Trump-administration moves: the Treasury doubling its long-bond buybacks to at least $4B per session starting Sept 9, and the SEC proposing a “Regulation Crypto Assets” framework that would let crypto firms raise up to $75M annually without full registration. The rally triggered a short squeeze of roughly $1.5B, with $700M bought back in one minute — potentially the largest in Bitcoin history, according to 21Shares. Among the disclosed Q2 positions, Capital International Investors is now the largest holder at $3.491B, or 9.4% of shares outstanding, while Vanguard’s two funds hold $1.535B and $1.494B. Sellers included Capital Research Global Investors, down $462M to $299M, and UBS Financial Services, down $142M to $443M.

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