It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Strategy (MSTR) could be the owner of 1 million bitcoins — or nearly 5% of the 21 million bitcoins that will ever be created — by the end of 2022.
The company currently has 738,731 BTC, which means it would need to acquire an additional 261,269 BTC to reach the milestone. With about 297 days, about 42 weeks, left in 2026, that means an average buying pace of about 6,158 BTC per week.
Assuming an average bitcoin price of $85,000, Strategy would need to deploy about $523 million per week, or about $22.2 billion in total, to reach the 1 million BTC mark by the end of the year.
Led by chairman Michael Saylor, the company’s latest purchases suggest the pace may be achievable. Last week Strategy added 17,994 bitcoin. This week’s acquisitions (probably revealed on Monday) are also likely to be deep into the thousands. The company’s STRC preferred stock offering alone from Monday to Thursday suggested as much as 11,000 BTC purchases. And this does not account for the issuance of common stock, which may have facilitated thousands more in bitcoin purchases.
In the longer term, since the launch of its bitcoin treasury strategy in August 2020, the Strategy has purchased an average of about 10,700 BTC per month, equivalent to about 128,000 BTC per year.
So far in 2026, the company has already acquired around 64,948 BTC, which puts it well ahead of its historical annual average pace of accumulation.
