Strategy raises $3.28 billion in August stock sales. The company sold its own shares.
Nevertheless, it spent none of that money on Bitcoin. Strategy bought dollars instead.
Why Strategy raises $3.28B but buys no Bitcoin
Four weekly filings show the full picture. Strategy sold 31.3 million shares so far across August. Not one dollar became Bitcoin.
The cash went into two distinct piles. The USD Reserve grew from $4.0 billion to $5.10 billion. A brand new pool called USD Cash holds another $1.59 billion.
That is $6.69 billion sitting in dollars. The reserve has one specific job. It covers dividends and debt interest. USD Cash is far looser.
“A separately designated pool of U.S. dollar liquidity that the Company may retain for future deployment for general Bitcoin Treasury Company purposes, which may include acquiring Bitcoin,” the latest Strategy filing says.
The option to buy is funded and written down. The company simply has not used it.
The selling started in June and never stopped
Strategy last bought Bitcoin on June 22. It took 520 coins at $67,068 each.
Since that day, it has sold 6,916 coins. It has bought none. Two of those sales fell in August. They moved 3,328 BTC near $64,000 a piece.
Bitcoin trades near $79,149 after a 22% climb in seven days. Strategy’s average cost is $75,385 a coin. The company sold low, then sat out the bounce. Its nine-week buying pause is still running.
A 2025 Bitcoin raise that became a bill
Strategy sold STRC preferred stock in July 2025. It raised $2.47 billion. The stated use of proceeds included buying Bitcoin.
STRC paid 9% a year at launch. It pays 12% now. The shares also trade under their $100 face value.
Strategy is buying them back at a discount. It spent $458.4 million on 4.88 million STRC shares in August. This was partly funded by selling Bitcoin.
Every share retired kills a future dividend. Saylor mapped these pressure points in a Bitcoin credit risk model published this month.
Raising more cash stays easy. Strategy’s shelf programs still hold $44.9 billion of unused capacity across five securities.
What comes next
September asks a simpler question. With Bitcoin back above its cost basis, will Strategy finally spend some of that $6.69 billion on coins?
