Strive’s Bitcoin holdings increase by $69M as Bitcoin rises $3,400

A single day’s price swing just added roughly $68.8 million to Strive’s balance sheet. That’s what happens when you’re sitting on more than 20,000 Bitcoin and the market decides to cooperate. Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST) saw its Bitcoin treasury swell in value as Bitcoin climbed approximately $3,400, pushing the company’s total crypto holdings to somewhere between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion. For a firm that held around 5,000 BTC at the end of 2025, the transformation has been swift and deliberate. A treasury strategy on steroids Strive’s Bitcoin stash now stands at 20,246 BTC as of mid-August 2026. That’s a roughly fourfold increase in less than eight months. The company has been buying consistently on the open market. From August 3 to 7, Strive scooped up 147 BTC. The following week, August 10 to 14, it added another 79 BTC. The holdings crossed 15,000 BTC back in May 2026 and blew past 20,000 by late July. At a Bitcoin price hovering around $62,852 on August 17 before pushing into the mid-$64,000s by August 19, the math on unrealized gains starts to get very interesting very quickly. With over $150 million in cash liquidity sitting alongside its crypto reserves, Strive has posi...