How much bitcoin did Strive buy in 2026?

Strive (ASST) disclosed 17 purchases of 50 BTC or more between 19 May 2026 and 16 October 2026: 21,318 bitcoin for about $1.70B, according to its Forms 8-K.

Did Strive overpay for its bitcoin in 2026?

Measured against EnsoTrade's smart routers on the recorded order books of the same days, Strive's raw price averaged $344 per bitcoin (+45.1bp) higher, about 96 bitcoin fewer for the same dollars. 4 of its 17 purchases beat our price.

What was Strive's best-executed bitcoin purchase of 2026?

10–14 August 2026: 79 BTC at $63,231, which beat EnsoTrade's smart routers by $392 per bitcoin.

Which Strive purchase cost the most against the market?

14–18 September 2026: 1,355 BTC at $79,475, which paid $1,609 per bitcoin more than EnsoTrade's smart routers.

Strive’s bitcoin purchases in 2026, scored

Name: Strive bitcoin purchases 2026, execution scored
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Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) files every bitcoin purchase in a Form 8-K. Here is each one, 19 May 2026 to 16 October 2026, set against what EnsoTrade’s smart routers would have paid for the same dollars on the same days.

Updated 19 October 2026 · 17 purchases of 50 BTC or more · 21,318 BTC · $1.70B

+$344 / BTC · +45.1bp

About 96 more bitcoin for the same $1.70B, or $7.3M. Strive beat our benchmark in 4 of 17 purchases.

How hard that number is to break

Across the year, not one week: the 95% confidence range of the average is +17bp to +82bp. Single weeks swing; the year does not reach zero.
Without the flagged outlier week: +$291 / BTC.
Double the fee stack to 35bp: still +$205 / BTC, about 59 BTC. The gap closes only if Strive’s all-in cost was about 61bp.
A stricter timing assumption moves it to +$571 / BTC.
Against the market itself: in 12 of 16 purchases, Strive’s raw price sat above the market’s own volume-weighted average for the same trading hours, by +62bp BTC-weighted.

Every purchase

Window	BTC	Filed	Raw	EnsoTrade	Per BTC	bp
19–22 May	1,109	76,989	76,855	76,921	−67	−9
23 May–1 Jun	2,500	74,092	73,963	73,619	+344	+47
8–14 Jun	73	63,646	63,535	62,841	+694	+110
15–21 Jun	759	65,850	65,735	65,036	+699	+107
20–24 Jul	79	65,723	65,608	65,388	+220	+34
3–7 Aug	147	64,812	64,699	64,358	+340	+53
10–14 Aug	79	63,231	63,121	63,513	−392	−62
17–21 Aug · outlier	1,110	73,409	73,281	71,970	+1,311	+182
24–28 Aug	1,800	79,431	79,292	79,097	+195	+25
31 Aug–4 Sep	1,375	79,281	79,143	78,909	+234	+30
8–11 Sep	469	77,954	77,818	78,041	−223	−29
14–18 Sep	1,355	79,475	79,336	77,727	+1,609	+207
21–25 Sep	1,107	85,396	85,247	85,164	+83	+10
28 Sep–2 Oct	2,000	84,422	84,275	84,249	+25	+3
5–9 Oct	3,311	84,500	84,352	83,837	+516	+62
12–13 Oct	2,822	83,266	83,121	83,070	+51	+6
14–16 Oct	1,223	81,734	81,591	81,808	−217	−27
All 17, BTC-weighted	21,318				+344	+45.1

Read each row as one week at that size, not a verdict on Strive’s desk; the year is the number to carry. Each window links to its own page.

Questions

How much bitcoin did Strive buy in 2026?: Strive (ASST) disclosed 17 purchases of 50 BTC or more between 19 May 2026 and 16 October 2026: 21,318 bitcoin for about $1.70B, according to its Forms 8-K.
Did Strive overpay for its bitcoin in 2026?: Measured against EnsoTrade's smart routers on the recorded order books of the same days, Strive's raw price averaged $344 per bitcoin (+45.1bp) higher, about 96 bitcoin fewer for the same dollars. 4 of its 17 purchases beat our price.
What was Strive's best-executed bitcoin purchase of 2026?: 10–14 August 2026: 79 BTC at $63,231, which beat EnsoTrade's smart routers by $392 per bitcoin.
Which Strive purchase cost the most against the market?: 14–18 September 2026: 1,355 BTC at $79,475, which paid $1,609 per bitcoin more than EnsoTrade's smart routers.

Compare: Strategy’s 2026 bitcoin purchases, scored · both companies

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How a filed price is stripped to raw

When a filing states its average price “inclusive of fees and expenses,” we divide out an estimated 17.5bp stack for prime brokerage, the desk, market impact and custody. Raw price = filed price ÷ 1.00175. Where a filing says “net of fees” or carries no fee language, nothing is stripped. Our own fees always stay in our price.

The EnsoTrade price comes from our smart routers and smart models, run on the recorded order books of the same days for the same dollars. The routing and the models are proprietary.

Limits, stated rather than buried

Every EnsoTrade figure is a counterfactual: priced on real recorded order books, but not filled. A real order of this size changes the market it trades into.
Conservative on venues. Our prices use the books of a single US exchange. Spreading the same orders across more venues lowers the price we would pay, so every figure here would move in our favour, not against it.
Neither company discloses its bitcoin buying day by day. Its timing inside each window is our estimate from the filings.
The 17.5bp stack is an estimate: neither company discloses its custody, execution or commission costs.
Purchases under 50 BTC are excluded. A multi-day window measures when a company bought as well as how well.

Sources

Strive, Inc. Forms 8-K, CIK 1920406.
Strategy Inc. Forms 8-K, CIK 1050446.
Recorded order books and trades from a US exchange, covering every window.

Prepared by EnsoTrade from public filings and public market data. Neither company has reviewed it. Nothing here is investment advice. All scored purchases · Strive · Strategy