BlackRock and Michael Saylor's Strategy Hold 1,450,549 Bitcoin, Valued at $127 Billion

The assessment is primarily based on a single, highly relevant and authoritative source. The Bitcoin treasury aggregator Bitbo.io provides specific holding numbers for both entities: 671,268 BTC for MicroStrategy and 770,383.2 BTC for BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust. The sum of these holdings is 1,441,651.2 BTC.This calculated total is extremely close to the 1,450,549 BTC figure in the statement, with a variance of only about 0.61%. Such a minor discrepancy is highly plausible and can be attributed to daily fluctuations in the holdings of BlackRock's ETF (due to market inflows/outflows) and potential minor lags in data aggregation. The statement is not precisely accurate according to this source, but it correctly captures the magnitude of the combined holdings and is close enough to be considered substantially true.Other provided sources lack the specificity to either confirm or deny the claim. Several official BlackRock sources confirm the existence of their ETF but provide no holding data. Blockchain analytics and news sites like Arkham, Messari, and The Block discuss the companies' involvement in Bitcoin but do not list the specific current totals needed for verification. One source from CoinMarketCap's Facebook page provides an outdated and significantly lower figure for MicroStrategy, which can be disregarded. Another source from Bitget offers general context that is consistent with the primary source but lacks specific numbers.Given the strong support from the most relevant source and the absence of any credible contradictory evidence, the statement is assessed as likely true, representing a very close approximation of the actual combined holdings.