Publicly listed companies saw a strong rebound in weekly net BTC purchases, reaching $2.03 billion, a surge of over 44 times compared to the previous week

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on May 18, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global publicly listed companies (excluding mining companies) last week was $2.03 billion, an increase of 4,403.11% compared to the previous week.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $2.01 billion (a 4,574.4% increase from the previous week) to purchase 24,869 Bitcoins at a price of $80,985, bringing its total holdings to 843,738 BTC.

Japanese publicly listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.

Additionally, four other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Asset management firm Strive announced the purchase of 9 Bitcoins on May 12, without disclosing the specific amount spent, bringing its total holdings to 15,009 BTC; UK-based Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on May 12 and May 15 an investment of $2.84 million to purchase 25 Bitcoins at $81,592.67 and 10 Bitcoins at $79,662, bringing total holdings to 2,840 BTC; French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on May 18 an investment of $15.02 million to purchase 192 Bitcoins at $78,205.4, bringing total holdings to 3,135 BTC; Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on May 18 an investment of $390,900 to purchase 5 Bitcoins at $78,180, bringing total holdings to 3,737 BTC.

As of press time, the global publicly listed companies (excluding mining companies) included in the statistics hold a total of 1,113,841 Bitcoins, an increase of 2.37% compared to last week. This is currently valued at approximately $86.16 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market cap.