Data: The net purchase of BTC by listed companies in a single week has strongly rebounded to 2.03 billion USD, an increase of over 44 times compared to last week

By: rootdata|2026/05/19 20:45:02

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on May 18, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $2.03 billion, an increase of 4,403.11% compared to last week.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $2.01 billion (an increase of 4,574.4% compared to last week) to purchase 24,869 Bitcoins at a price of $80,985, bringing the total holdings to 843,738 Bitcoins.

The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.

In addition, four other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Asset management company Strive announced on May 12 that it bought 9 Bitcoins, without disclosing the specific amount spent, bringing its total holdings to 15,009 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on May 12 and May 15 that it invested $2.84 million to purchase 25 Bitcoins at a price of $81,592.67 and 10 Bitcoins at a price of $79,662, bringing its total holdings to 2,840 Bitcoins; the French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on May 18 that it invested $15.02 million to purchase 192 Bitcoins at a price of $78,205.4, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 Bitcoins; the Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on May 18 that it invested $390,900 to purchase 5 Bitcoins at a price of $78,180, bringing its total holdings to 3,737 Bitcoins.

As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,113,841 Bitcoins, an increase of 2.37% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $86.16 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

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