Listed companies' weekly net BTC purchases rebounded strongly 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 purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) last week was $2.03 billion, an increase of 4,403.11% from 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 a price of $80,985, 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 on May 12 the purchase of 9 Bitcoins, without disclosing the specific amount spent, bringing its total holdings to 15,009 Bitcoins; UK-based Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on May 12 and May 15 an investment of $2.84 million, purchasing 25 Bitcoins at $81,592.67 and 10 Bitcoins at $79,662, bringing total holdings to 2,840 Bitcoins; French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on May 18 an investment of $15.02 million, purchasing 192 Bitcoins at $78,205.4, bringing total holdings to 3,135 Bitcoins; Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on May 18 an investment of $390,900, purchasing 5 Bitcoins at $78,180, bringing total holdings to 3,737 Bitcoins.

As of press time, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics collectively hold a total of 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 capitalization.