PANews October 19 news, according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2026, the total net weekly purchases of Bitcoin by global public companies (excluding mining companies) last week amounted to $360 million, an increase of 1,500% compared with two weeks ago. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) last week bought 267 Bitcoins at a price of $82,900, spending approximately $22.1 million, bringing its total holdings to 848,517 Bitcoins. Japanese public company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.
In addition, three other companies announced last week that they had purchased Bitcoin or disclosed their Bitcoin holdings. Asset management company Strive announced on October 19 that it spent approximately $330 million last week to buy 4,045 Bitcoins at a price of $81,734, bringing its total holdings to approximately 36,818 Bitcoins; UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company announced on October 19 that it invested $6.93 million to buy 83 Bitcoins at a price of $83,542, bringing its total holdings to 2,830 Bitcoins; Ethereum asset company Bitmine announced on October 19 that it purchased 1 Bitcoin without disclosing the specific purchase amount, bringing its total holdings to 215 Bitcoins.
As of press time, the global public companies included in the statistics (excluding mining companies) collectively hold a total of 1,161,643 Bitcoins, with a current market value of approximately $95.41 billion, accounting for 5.8% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.