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Strategy Bought 56,000 Bitcoin in April, Far Outpacing Other Public Companies

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strategy led public-company Bitcoin buying with 56,000 BTC purchased in April and 535 BTC added for $43 million by May 11, 2026, while Bitmine separately expanded and staked a large Ether treasury.

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Fact Check
All major components of the claim are well-supported by authoritative sources. Strategy's official press release at strategy.com (backed by an SEC Form 8-K) directly confirms the 535 BTC purchase for ~$43 million bringing total holdings to 818,869 BTC as of May 11, 2026. The 56,000 BTC April figure is consistently reported across multiple independent outlets (Bitget, Binance Square, crypto.news) all citing BitcoinTreasuries.NET as the primary data source, with the '28 times all other public companies combined' qualifier appearing uniformly. The Bitmine Ethereum treasury claim is confirmed by an SEC-filed press release from April 2026 describing Bitmine's large ETH holdings and its MAVAN staking infrastructure. The only minor caveat is that the 56,000 BTC figure originates from BitcoinTreasuries.NET (a third-party aggregator) rather than a direct Strategy SEC filing for April as a whole, though individual weekly 8-K filings from Strategy throughout April would underpin that aggregate. Overall, the claim is highly credible and consistent across all available sources.
Summary

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strategy remained the dominant public-company Bitcoin buyer, purchasing 56,000 BTC in April—28 times the combined total bought by all other public companies that month. In the week ended May 11, 2026, overall weekly net public-company Bitcoin purchases slowed to $45.08 million, down 83.5% from two weeks earlier, but Strategy still accounted for most of that activity by buying 535 BTC for $43 million at an average price of $80,340 per coin, raising its holdings to 818,869 BTC. The newer update values those holdings at $66.398 billion and also notes earlier disclosed figures of about $61.86 billion in total purchase cost, an average cost basis of $75,540, and a 2026 year-to-date BTC yield of 9.4%. Separately, Bitmine disclosed that it bought 26,659 ETH for $62.14 million at about $2,331 per Ether, bringing its Ether holdings to 5,206,790 ETH worth $12.132 billion, with about 90% of those holdings, or 4.713 million ETH, staked.

Terms & Concepts
  • Bitcoin treasury strategy: A corporate approach in which a company holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet as a reserve asset or long-term investment.
  • ETH: The native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, also called Ether.
  • Staked: Locked in a blockchain’s validation system to help secure the network and earn staking rewards.