Strategy bought 267 BTC on October 19: What it means for the Bitcoin price

Published on 10/23/2026 at 07:05 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew 526.7 million USD on October 19. The Bitcoin price is 81,736.90 USD as of October 23, 2026, down 1.39 percent.

Treasury demand expands again

Strategy disclosed a 267 BTC purchase on October 19, 2026, taking its holdings to 848,517 BTC.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded 526.7 million USD in net inflows.
The Bitcoin price stands at 81,736.90 USD as of October 23, 2026, 1.39 percent below the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026.
A separate market report put seller pressure at 83.6 million USD through October 18, 2026.

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Strategy disclosed a 267 BTC purchase on October 19, 2026, adding a new treasury event for Bitcoin (BTC). The Bitcoin price is 81,736.90 USD as of October 23, 2026, down 1.39 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026, according to Investing.com.

Strategy expands its Bitcoin treasury

The Block reported that Strategy acquired 267 BTC for 22.1 million USD between October 12 and October 18, 2026. The disclosed average purchase price was 82,900 USD per Bitcoin, and the companys total holdings reached 848,517 BTC.

The purchase was described in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated October 19, 2026, according to The Block. The filing also put Strategy's total acquisition cost at 64 billion USD and its average cost at 75,446 USD per Bitcoin.

ETF flows show a mixed October

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which hold Bitcoin directly, recorded 526.7 million USD in net inflows on October 19, 2026. Cointelegraph reported that BlackRocks IBIT accounted for 665.2 million USD of inflows, while Fidelitys FBTC and Grayscale's GBTC recorded withdrawals of 83.6 million USD and 54.9 million USD.

The counterpoint is a separate seller-pressure measure. EconoTimes reported that spot Bitcoin ETFs had recorded 228.4 million USD in net withdrawals from October 12 through October 16, 2026, while Glassnode's spot-taker measure showed 83.6 million USD of net seller pressure through October 18, 2026. The two figures cover different market channels and periods.

Bitcoin market data on October 23, 2026

Bitcoin price data show 81,736.90 USD as of October 23, 2026, down 1.39 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 22, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 82,011.00 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 81,118.20 USD. Market capitalization is 1,640.00 billion USD, ranking Bitcoin first, while 24-hour volume is 31.01 billion USD. Circulating supply is 20.10 million BTC.