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Strategy buys back $950M in STRC to restore Bitcoin funding

10/1/2026

has repurchased approximately 9.96 million shares of its Stretch (STRC) preferred security for roughly $950 million since July 20, a move that has helped lift the stock from lows near $70 to nearly its $100 face value.

This aggressive self-trading raises a critical question for the market: can the company's Bitcoin financing model function without the issuer acting as its primary buyer?

Chairman Michael Saylor designed STRC to expand Strategy's capital-raising capacity beyond its volatile common stock, MSTR.

The goal was to establish "digital credit" as a durable funding source rather than a tool that only works during peaks of market enthusiasm.

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