Global listed companies excluding miners recorded $5.32 million in net Bitcoin purchases last week, down 90.34% from the previous week, according to SoSoValue data as of 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 17, 2026. Strategy neither bought nor sold Bitcoin and instead spent $132 million to repurchase 1,388,720 STRC preferred shares (stock with priority claims). Japan-listed Metaplanet also made no Bitcoin purchase, extending its pause to five consecutive weeks. The week's buying came from two other companies: French Bitcoin company Capital B, which said on Aug. 17 that it bought 5 BTC at $64,395.60 and raised its total holdings to 3,145 BTC, and asset management company Strive, which said on Aug. 17 that it spent $5 million last week to buy 79 BTC at $63,231, lifting its holdings to about 20,246 BTC. As of publication, the tracked group held 1,139,641 BTC worth about $72.42 billion, equal to 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market cap (value of coins in circulation), up 0.007% from a week earlier.