Reports Disagree on MSTR, STRC Premarket Price Moves
crypto.news and CoinTurk News EN give opposite directional readings of how MSTR and STRC traded in Monday’s premarket session relative to Friday’s close, following Strategy’s disclosed 4,603 BTC purchase.
crypto.news and CoinTurk News EN give opposite directional readings of how MSTR and STRC traded in Monday’s premarket session relative to Friday’s close, following Strategy’s disclosed 4,603 BTC purchase.
What all sources agree on
- Strategy purchased 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million between August 24 and August 30.
- The purchase brought Strategy’s total holdings to 845,050 BTC.
- The average purchase price for the new BTC was $80,318 per coin.
- Strategy sold 4,531,421 MSTR shares, generating $602.8 million in net proceeds after commissions.
- Of the proceeds, $369.7 million funded the Bitcoin purchase, $151.8 million funded STRC repurchases, $50.7 million funded STRC dividends, and $30 million went to USD Cash.
- Strategy repurchased 1,557,177 STRC shares for $151.8 million.
- Strategy’s aggregate Bitcoin cost basis was reported at $63.73 billion at an average price of $75,412 per BTC.
- Strategy reported a $5.10 billion USD Reserve and $1.61 billion in USD Cash, totaling $6.71 billion, with net leverage of 0.0%.
Where the reports disagree
1Direction of MSTR’s premarket move on Monday relative to Friday’s close
MSTR traded near $127.31 before Monday’s opening, down 7.4% from Friday’s close in premarket trading.
MSTR, Strategy’s Nasdaq-listed stock, edged up less than 1% in pre-market trading on Monday following the announcement, recovering some ground after a decline of more than 7% last Friday.
What would settle it: Verified Nasdaq premarket trading data for MSTR on Monday, August 31, 2026, referenced against the prior Friday’s closing price.
2Direction of STRC’s premarket move on Monday relative to Friday’s close
STRC traded near $97.33 before Monday’s regular U.S. session, down approximately 0.7% from Friday’s close.
Strategy’s preferred perpetual stock, STRC, rose 0.44% in pre-market trading on Monday to $97.33 per share, which remains 2.67% below its intended $100 par value, according to data from Yahoo Finance.
What would settle it: Verified premarket trading data for STRC on Monday, August 31, 2026, referenced against the prior Friday’s closing price.
What to make of it
The size, cost, and funding structure of Strategy’s 4,603 BTC purchase and the resulting 845,050 BTC total are consistently reported and can be treated as established. Whether MSTR and STRC actually rose or fell in Monday’s premarket session is disputed between crypto.news and CoinTurk News EN and should not be relied on until checked against verified market data.
The size, cost, and funding structure of Strategy’s 4,603 BTC purchase and the resulting 845,050 BTC total are consistently reported and can be treated as established. Whether MSTR and STRC actually rose or fell in Monday’s premarket session is disputed between crypto.news and CoinTurk News EN and should not be relied on until checked against verified market data.
Original source: AltcoinGordon
Syndicated coverage. Originally reported by altcoingordon.com.
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