Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys $285M Bitcoin amid market uncertainty

Michael Saylor’s digital asset firm, Strategy, purchased 3,459 Bitcoin for $285.5 million, signaling continued confidence in Bitcoin even as global markets face trade-related headwinds.

Strategy acquired the 3,459 Bitcoin (BTC) for $285.5 million at an average price of $82,618 per BTC. The purchase brings Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 531,644 BTC, acquired for a cumulative $35.92 billion at an average price of $67,556 per coin, achieving an over 11.4% yield since the beginning of 2025, Saylor wrote in an April 14 X post.

Source: Michael Saylor

The $285 million purchase marks Strategy’s first Bitcoin investment since March 31, when the company acquired $1.9 billion worth of Bitcoin, Cointelegraph reported.

According to data from Saylortracker, the firm is currently sitting on more than $9.1 billion in unrealized profit, representing a 25% gain on its total Bitcoin position as of 12:20 pm UTC.

Strategy total Bitcoin holdings. Source: Saylortracker 

Strategy’s continued accumulation comes despite a broader market pullback and declining appetite for risk assets. The downturn has been largely attributed to global trade policy uncertainty after US President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs.

Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs on April 9, reverting the tariffs to the 10% baseline for most countries, except for China, which currently faces a 145% import tariff.

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Despite continued uncertainty around the outcome of trade negotiations, Bitcoin staged an over 10% recovery in the past seven days to above $85,000 as of 1:10 pm UTC, Cointelegraph Markets Pro data shows.

BTC/USD, 1-year chart. Source: Cointelegraph

“Crypto markets opened the week with cautious strength, continuing a broad recovery from last Monday’s tariff-induced sell-off,” Stella Zlatareva, dispatch editor at digital asset investment platform Nexo, told Cointelegraph, adding:

“This week’s calendar includes key data from China, Fed commentary and updates on retail sales, all of which could shape the next leg of risk asset performance,” she added.

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Despite the tariff-related uncertainty, some analysts, including Jamie Coutts, predicted that the growing money supply could push Bitcoin’s price above $132,000 before the end of 2025.

Zooming out to the next decade, Bitcoin remains on track to surpass $1.8 million by 2035, in a development that may see Bitcoin surpass gold’s $21 trillion market capitalization as the superior savings technology, Joe Burnett, director of market research at Unchained, told Cointelegraph.

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