Listed companies' weekly net BTC purchases strongly rebounded to $2.03 billion, surging over 44 times from the previous week

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on May 18, 2026, the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by global 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 (up 4,574.4% from the previous week) to purchase 24,869 Bitcoins at $80,985 each, bringing its total holdings to 843,738 Bitcoins.

Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase 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 Bitcoins; UK-based Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced investments of $2.84 million on May 12 and May 15, purchasing 25 Bitcoins at $81,592.67 each and 10 Bitcoins at $79,662 each, bringing its total holdings to 2,840 Bitcoins; French Bitcoin company Capital B announced an investment of $15.02 million on May 18, purchasing 192 Bitcoins at $78,205.4 each, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 Bitcoins; Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced an investment of $390,900 on May 18, purchasing 5 Bitcoins at $78,180 each, bringing its total holdings to 3,737 Bitcoins.

As of press time, the total Bitcoin holdings of global listed companies in the statistics (excluding mining companies) amounted to 1,113,841 Bitcoins, an increase of 2.37% from the previous week. The current market value is approximately $86.16 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market cap.