April's Corporate Bitcoin Buys Are In — And The Numbers Are Massive

Welcome to the Bitcoin Balance Sheet. Each Friday, we recap key insights from our podcast hosted by our very own Tyler Rowe.

It was a record week across the board. Strive's $SATA traded back to the $100 par value ahead of its ex-dividend date, with an estimated 371 Bitcoin added to the company's holdings, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net data.

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Joe Burnett's Bet: Digital Credit Changes Everything

Joe Burnett — VP of Bitcoin Strategy at Strive — joins Tyler Rowe for one of the sharpest operational breakdowns of the Bitcoin treasury model the show has aired. His central argument: equity-funded treasury accumulation is nearly delta-neutral, but digital credit (STRC, SATA) taps stable, yield-seeking capital that has never touched Bitcoin before — making it a structurally new demand source.

He also names two reasons Bitcoin's price hasn't followed Saylor's accumulation: OG Bitcoiners distributing into institutional demand, and the AI infrastructure buildout absorbing hundreds of billions in excess capital that might otherwise have found its way to Bitcoin.

Listen for Joe's full thoughts on digital credit's inflection point and whether zombie companies are the most logical next wave of Bitcoin treasury adopters.

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April's Numbers Are In — And They're Enormous

Public Bitcoin treasury companies collectively added nearly $5 billion worth of Bitcoin in April — 65,000 BTC gross, with Strategy alone accounting for 56,235 of them. Metaplanet, Strive, and more than 20 other companies added the remaining 8,500 BTC between them. Even aggressive miner sales only trimmed the net figure to 58,000 BTC — a month that, by any measure, was historic.

The headline number tells part of the story. The more interesting part is what sits beneath it: public companies now collectively hold 1.22 million BTC, valued at close to $93 billion. One month's accumulation alone moved that figure by nearly 5%.

BitcoinTreasuries.net tracks all of this in our monthly Corporate Adoption Report. The April edition — covering record STRC volumes, detailed ETF vs. treasury comparisons, and much more

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