Institutional Bitcoin purchases accelerated again in April, with corporate reserves buying over 64,000 $BTC in a single month. According to published data, publicly traded companies and institutional reserves added a total of 64,722 $BTC in April. The net increase was approximately 57,791 $BTC. Thus, April 2026 became one of the largest institutional Bitcoin buying periods since mid-2025.
According to the report, the largest purchase was made by Strategy, led by Michael Saylor. The company bought a total of 56,235 $BTC in April. The majority of these purchases were funded through an ATM (market-price share sale) financing model using STRC and MSTR shares.
A particularly noteworthy capital inflow was observed on the STRC side. According to the report, STRC secured a total of $3.3 billion in financing between April 1 and May 3. This figure represents approximately 80 percent of Strategy’s total $4.1 billion in ATM financing during the same period, setting a new monthly record in the company’s history.
The data showed that institutional Bitcoin purchases in April alone approached the total net purchases of the previous two quarters, providing a strong start to the second quarter of 2026.
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On the other hand, the total $BTC exposure of spot Bitcoin ETFs has reached approximately 1.5 million $BTC. This amount is about 300,000 $BTC more than the Bitcoin reserves held by publicly traded companies. The competition between IBIT, managed by BlackRock, and Strategy is particularly noteworthy. As of May 5th, Strategy held 818,334 $BTC, while IBIT’s reserves were approximately 818,147 $BTC.
The report also highlighted that companies are growing not only in Bitcoin but also in altcoin reserves. It stated that institutional companies’ total altcoin reserves amount to approximately $22 billion, with $16.2 billion of that consisting of Ethereum reserves.
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