Strategy (MSTR) may own 1 million Bitcoins by the end of 2022, or nearly 5% of the 21 million Bitcoins that will be created.
The company currently holds 738,731 BTC, which means it would need to acquire an additional 261,269 BTC to reach this milestone. There are approximately 297 days and approximately 42 weeks until 2026, which means the average buying pace is approximately 6,158 BTC per week.
Assuming an average Bitcoin price of $85,000, Strategy would need to deploy approximately $523 million per week, or a total of approximately $22.2 billion, to reach the 1 million Bitcoin mark by the end of the year.
The company’s recent acquisitions, led by executive chairman Michael Saylor, show that pace is achievable. Just last week, Strategy accumulated 17,994 Bitcoins. This week’s acquisitions, which could be revealed on Monday, could also run into the thousands. The company’s STRC preferred stock offering from Monday to Thursday alone showed the purchase of as much as 11,000 Bitcoins. This does not include common stock issuances, which may have facilitated the purchase of Bitcoin by thousands of people.
Long-term, since launching the Bitcoin Treasury strategy in August 2020, Strategy has purchased an average of approximately 10,700 BTC per month, which equates to approximately 128,000 BTC per year.
The company has purchased approximately 64,948 BTC so far in 2026, far exceeding the historical average annual accumulation rate.
