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Strategy books $8.2 billion Q2 loss as bitcoin accumulation climbs 11% against a falling tape

8/2/2026

$BTC is in focus after Strategy reported an $8.2 billion second-quarter loss, a result shaped by a bitcoin price that closed Q2 more than 40% below where it stood at the end of Q2 2025.

The company expanded its bitcoin holdings by 11% through the same period. The full accounting detail will sit in Strategy's formal quarterly filing, which is the next confirmable milestone.

The numbers behind the loss The $8.2 billion print is the quarter's headline figure. Two forces produced it: bitcoin's year-over-year decline of more than 40% applied to a position that itself grew 11% during Q2.

Strategy was buying into the drawdown, not trimming. That combination, more units at lower prices, is the arithmetic explanation for the loss magnitude.

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