{"id":53777,"date":"2026-07-30T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=53777"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:29","slug":"bitcoin-treasury-strategy-posts-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/bitcoin-treasury-strategy-posts-loss","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Treasury Strategy Posts $8.2B Loss As BTC Price Suffered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bitcoin treasury company Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/2082920028484018528\">reported<\/a> a loss of $8.22 billion for the second quarter of 2026 thanks to the falling price of the leading cryptocurrency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its quarterly report, Nasdaq-listed Strategy (MSTR) \u2014 formerly MicroStrategy \u2014 put the loss down to the Bitcoin price crash, even as the company continued raising capital, buying more Bitcoin and paying down debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same period of 2025, Strategy reported a net income of $10.02 billion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In the second quarter of 2026, Strategy strengthened its balance sheet while navigating a meaningful Bitcoin price decline,&#8221; Strategy CEO and President Phong Le said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairman and the architect behind the software company&#8217;s Bitcoin-buying masterplan, Michael Saylor, added: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bitcoin&#8217;s price is down nearly 50% from the all-time high of $126,080 it notched in October 2025. The leading cryptocurrency was recently priced at $64,745, down 26% year-to-date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the quarter, the Tysons, Virginia-based company said it increased its Bitcoin holdings by 11%. Strategy now holds 843,775 Bitcoins worth $54.6 billion at today&#8217;s prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategy for the past five weeks had <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-skips-bitcoin-buy-again\">paused<\/a> its Bitcoin buys, instead focusing on putting more cash on its balance sheet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investors buy Strategy&#8217;s stock to get leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. But when the price of the asset dips, MSTR also suffers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSTR stock is currently down over 80% from its 2024 peak of over $500 per share.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has other offerings, including STRC, a product that pays investors a dividend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin treasury company posted massive losses but aims to continue making digital credit a &#8220;new asset class.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3860,"featured_media":52395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4378],"tags":[76,132,4284,5440],"class_list":["post-53777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-mstr","tag-strategy"],"author_data":{"id":3860,"name":"Mathew Di Salvo","nicename":"mathewdisalvo","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cropped-Mathew-Di-Salvo-scaled-1.jpeg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Strategy-MSTR-Sells-Bitcoin-for-First-Time-in-Years-as-Bitcoin-Price-Tumbles.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}