Strive Hits 25,000 BTC After $36.6 Million Buy

Strive bought $36.6 million in bitcoin, pushing its holdings past the 25,000 BTC mark, The Block reported on September 14, 2026. That is a round number, but it also means the company now sits among the largest corporate bitcoin holders. The purchase landed on a day when other big players were doing the opposite.

Strategy, the company that pioneered the corporate bitcoin treasury model, skipped its weekly bitcoin buy for a second week running. Instead, it repurchased $139 million of its own STRC preferred stock, Bitcoin Magazine and Decrypt both reported. The move means Strategy is choosing to support its share price rather than add to its bitcoin stack.

That is a notable shift, because the company had been the most consistent corporate buyer for over a year.

Bitcoin options traders turned bullish for the first time in twelve months, Bitcoin.com News reported. That means traders buying call options, bets that the price goes up, now outnumber those betting on a drop.

The shift does not guarantee a rally, but it does signal that the options market, which had been leaning defensive for a full year, is finally pricing in upside.

Bitcoin ETFs shed $463 million in outflows last week, Bitcoin.com News reported. That is a large withdrawal from funds that hold the asset on behalf of shareholders. Yet ether, XRP, and solana all posted weekly gains over the same period.

Capital rotated out of the bitcoin fund wrapper and into smaller tokens, a pattern that often appears when traders look for higher returns outside the largest asset.

The Federal Reserve is expected to deliver its first rate hike in three years, and bitcoin is bracing for the move, Crypto Briefing reported. Higher rates typically weigh on risk assets, because borrowing costs climb and investors pull money toward safer yields. That tension is playing out while the U.S.

10-year Treasury yield rose to 5%, and bitcoin managed only small gains even as stocks dropped on AI-related concerns, CoinDesk reported.

Swiss Bitcoin Pay shut down its servers after a suspected breach, Crypto Briefing reported. The company confirmed it was offline while it investigated the incident. That is a reminder that the payment infrastructure built around bitcoin, not just the asset itself, carries real security risk.

Bitcoin is sitting in a tight range with the Fed decision looming, the options market flipping bullish, and ETF flows heading for the exit. The next few sessions will show whether the options traders are early or right.