Strategy Inc., the Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as MicroStrategy, announced on September 14, 2026, that it has repurchased $139 million of its variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC, while leaving its Bitcoin stack unchanged.
Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted that as of September 13, 2026, the company holds 845,050 BTC and $6.4 billion in USD assets. In a follow-up note, he said STRC’s “BTC credit” stood at 57 basis points and USD duration at 3.9 years, using assumptions of 10% bitcoin annual return, 40% volatility, and a bitcoin price of $77,266.
The buyback—detailed in its latest 8-K—is part of Strategy’s Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program, which the board doubled to $2 billion earlier this month after the company spent $176.3 million buying 1.81 million STRC shares in the week ended September 7. Management has described purchases below the $100 stated amount as accretive because they retire future dividend obligations at a discount.
STRC, nicknamed Stretch, is Strategy’s flagship preferred equity: a Nasdaq-listed, variable-rate perpetual preferred designed to trade near $100 par and pay a cash dividend now running at 12% annually, paid twice a month.
The company adjusts the dividend rate monthly and uses an at-the-market program plus buybacks to keep the price anchored. Unlike common stock, STRC ranks senior to MSTR shares and is intended as short-duration, high-yield “digital credit” backed by Strategy’s enterprise, cash reserves, and bitcoin treasury—without a direct security interest in the coins.
The 845,050 BTC position remains the largest corporate Bitcoin holding in the world, equal to about 4% of the 21 million supply cap. The coins were acquired at an average cost of roughly $75,400 each, or about $63.7 billion in total.
Strategy has not added BTC in recent weeks, after a brief return to buying in late August. Instead it has directed cash toward preferred-stock buybacks and a large USD reserve built to cover dividends and interest.
The shift reflects the capital framework announced in June, when Strategy paused accumulation, raised the STRC dividend, authorized bitcoin sales of up to $1.25 billion for defined purposes, and created separate buyback programs for preferreds and common stock. Saylor has framed the approach as discipline rather than retreat: bitcoin remains the primary treasury reserve, while preferreds require active liability management.
Monday’s update shows that strategy is still in motion. Bitcoin holdings are flat, cash is being used to shrink the preferred stack, and Strategy is publishing credit metrics that treat STRC as a Bitcoin-linked instrument rather than a conventional corporate preferred. For investors, the question is whether retiring discounted STRC at scale will strengthen the capital structure faster than the opportunity cost of not buying more bitcoin.
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