{"id":18489,"date":"2025-12-22T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/strategy-ups-cash-reserves-to-2-19b-puts-bitcoin-buying-on-hold\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:06:16","slug":"strategy-ups-cash-reserves-to-2-19b-puts-bitcoin-buying-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/strategy-ups-cash-reserves-to-2-19b-puts-bitcoin-buying-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy ups cash reserves to $2.19b, puts Bitcoin buying on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">On December 1, Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy announced that it had established a US dollar reserve, initially of $1.44 billion, to support the payment of dividends on its preferred stock and interest on its outstanding indebtedness. <\/p>\n<p>As of December 21, the balance of the USD Reserve is $2.19 billion, a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy.com\/press\/strategy-increases-usd-reserve-to-2-point-19-billion_12-22-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">regulatory filing<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_e7ef2816a09362911920cba5aa5f47ab\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strategy made no BTC purchases for the week ending Dec. 21, breaking its accumulation streak.<\/li>\n<li>The company sold $747.8 million in Class A stock, lifted its cash balance to $2.19 billion, and still has more than $41 billion in remaining equity issuance capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Stock under pressure as BTC holdings remain unchanged at 671,268 \u2014 worth about $64 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Strategy, previously known as MicroStrategy, snapped its long-running accumulation streak as shares trade just above a key $155 support level.<\/p>\n<p>The Michael Saylor-founded firm disclosed that it made no Bitcoin acquisitions during the week ended Dec. 21, keeping total holdings unchanged at 671,268 BTC, currently valued at approximately $64 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than buying crypto, Strategy issued and sold 4.54 million Class A common shares between Dec. 15 and Dec. 21, raising $747.8 million in net proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>The company also confirmed it did not issue any preferred shares during the period under its four perpetual preferred equity programs\u2014STRF, STRC, STRK, and STRD.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy still has more than $41 billion of remaining capacity available across its common and preferred stock issuance programs.<\/p>\n<p>Cumulatively, the firm has spent $50.33 billion acquiring Bitcoin, translating to an average purchase price of $74,972 per coin. At Bitcoin\u2019s current price near $89,000, that position reflects an unrealized gain of roughly 19%.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy reported that its U.S. dollar cash balance rose to $2.19 billion as of Dec. 21, up from $1.44 billion raised earlier in December.<\/p>\n<p>The move toward bolstering cash reserves instead of purchasing Bitcoin represents a strategic breather following months of heavy buying that expanded holdings from around 400,000 BTC in mid-2024 to more than 671,000 by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strategy has increased its USD Reserve by $748 million and now holds $2.19 billion and \u20bf671,268. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EPtguJfWxR\">https:\/\/t.co\/EPtguJfWxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@saylor) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saylor\/status\/2003089335722328075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategy Price Action<\/h2>\n<p>Shares of MSTR were down 0.3% at market close on Monday, though the stock has plunged approximately 64% from its July peak near $460. It last traded at around $164.32.<\/p>\n<p>Downward pressure intensified through November and December, with each rebound attempt consistently sold into.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the Supertrend indicator remains elevated at $201.87, far above the current price, while parabolic SAR levels at $191.01 continue to confirm a bearish trend.<\/p>\n<p>A bullish reversal would require both indicators to move below the share price.<\/p>\n<p>Near-term support lies between $155 and $160, corresponding to December\u2019s lows.<\/p>\n<p>A decisive break below $155 could trigger further downside and expose the stock to $125, where support is sparse.<\/p>\n<p>That scenario implies a further decline of roughly 24% from current levels.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, initial resistance is in the $175\u2013$180 range, with heavier overhead supply clustered between $190 and $200, which aligns with key technical indicators.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 1, Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy announced that it had established a US dollar reserve, initially of $1.44 billion, to support the payment of dividends on its preferred stock and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18490,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions\/18490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}