On August 17, Strategy rose 5.09% in regular trading, trading at $97.735/share, with turnover of $831 million.

The rally was driven by the disclosure that Renaissance Technologies purchased 422,881 additional shares of Strategy valued at $40.1 million, bringing its total holdings to 2.55 million shares worth $242.3 million — a 20% increase in its position. The move by one of the world's most prominent quantitative hedge funds signals renewed institutional confidence in Strategy's bitcoin-centric business model.

Supporting sentiment, Strategy CEO Phong Le highlighted the company's strengthened financial position, noting 2.7 years of dividend coverage and $4.75 billion in cash reserves — a response to institutional demand for greater cash security following bear market lessons. The company also disclosed it made no bitcoin transactions during the August 10-16 period, suggesting a pause in its recent pattern of BTC sales that had weighed on shares in prior weeks.

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