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Corporate Bitcoin Strategies Split as Some Firms Buy More, Others Exit
09 Aug 2026, 10:05
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Roughly 200 public companies now hold over 1.26 million BTC, but the group is splitting between aggressive buyers and treasuries quietly closing out.
Roughly 200 public companies had adopted some form of bitcoin acquisition strategy as of July 2026, together holding more than 1.26 million BTC worth around $79 billion. The model, pioneered by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) back in August 2020, has spawned a wide range of imitators, but the group of corporate holders is no longer moving in lockstep.
Several companies have kept buying through the summer. American Bitcoin Corp increased its holdings to 8,000 BTC with a purchase recorded on July 6, while Strive expanded its treasury to 19,900 BTC on July 13. Metaplanet, the Japanese firm that has built one of the most aggressive accumulation strategies outside the US, added 2,823 BTC on July 2, pushing its total to 43,000 BTC. Strategy itself remains by far the largest corporate holder, with 843,775 BTC on its balance sheet as of July 12, even as the company has also been selling smaller amounts in recent weeks.
Not every company is following the same playbook. With bitcoin trading in the low $60,000s, down sharply from above $126,000 in September 2025, some smaller treasury companies have sold their entire bitcoin positions and exited the strategy altogether. The divergence highlights a growing split between well-capitalized firms that can treat drawdowns as part of a long-term accumulation plan and smaller players whose balance sheets, and shareholders, are less tolerant of extended price weakness.
The result is a corporate bitcoin landscape that looks increasingly two-tiered: a small group of large, committed holders continuing to add to positions regardless of price, and a wider tail of smaller companies for whom the treasury strategy has become harder to justify the longer the drawdown persists. How that split resolves over the rest of the year may say as much about corporate risk appetite as it does about bitcoin's own price trajectory.
Market watchers expect the divide to become more pronounced if bitcoin's price remains range-bound through the rest of the year, separating treasury strategies built for the long term from those that were always more opportunistic bets on rising prices.
Several companies have kept buying through the summer. American Bitcoin Corp increased its holdings to 8,000 BTC with a purchase recorded on July 6, while Strive expanded its treasury to 19,900 BTC on July 13. Metaplanet, the Japanese firm that has built one of the most aggressive accumulation strategies outside the US, added 2,823 BTC on July 2, pushing its total to 43,000 BTC. Strategy itself remains by far the largest corporate holder, with 843,775 BTC on its balance sheet as of July 12, even as the company has also been selling smaller amounts in recent weeks.
Not every company is following the same playbook. With bitcoin trading in the low $60,000s, down sharply from above $126,000 in September 2025, some smaller treasury companies have sold their entire bitcoin positions and exited the strategy altogether. The divergence highlights a growing split between well-capitalized firms that can treat drawdowns as part of a long-term accumulation plan and smaller players whose balance sheets, and shareholders, are less tolerant of extended price weakness.
The result is a corporate bitcoin landscape that looks increasingly two-tiered: a small group of large, committed holders continuing to add to positions regardless of price, and a wider tail of smaller companies for whom the treasury strategy has become harder to justify the longer the drawdown persists. How that split resolves over the rest of the year may say as much about corporate risk appetite as it does about bitcoin's own price trajectory.
Market watchers expect the divide to become more pronounced if bitcoin's price remains range-bound through the rest of the year, separating treasury strategies built for the long term from those that were always more opportunistic bets on rising prices.