Global Companies Reduce Bitcoin Purchases by 57.6% in Early February

As of February 3, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, global publicly traded companies, excluding mining firms, recorded a net purchase of $123 million in Bitcoin last week, marking a 57.6% decrease from the previous week. According to Odaily, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced on February 3 that it invested $75.3 million, a 71.4% reduction from the previous week's purchase, acquiring 855 Bitcoins at a price of $87,974 each, bringing its total holdings to 713,502 Bitcoins. Japanese company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, continuing a three-week streak of no acquisitions. Additionally, three other companies made Bitcoin purchases last week. Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced investments on January 28 and January 29, totaling $17.63 million, buying 100 Bitcoins at $88,130 each and another 100 at $88,170 each, increasing its total holdings to 1,783 Bitcoins. American Bitcoin purchased 416 Bitcoins on January 27, though the investment amount and purchase price remain undisclosed, bringing its total holdings to 5,843 Bitcoins. Bitcoin asset management firm Strive invested $30 million on January 28, acquiring 333.89 Bitcoins at $89,851 each, with total holdings reaching 13,131.82 Bitcoins. Metaplanet announced plans to raise approximately $135 million through third-party placement of common stock and issuance of the 25th subscription warrant, with the funds intended for increasing Bitcoin holdings. French Bitcoin company Capital B revealed a renewed €300 million ATM capital issuance plan with asset management firm TOBAM, aimed at further Bitcoin acquisitions. At the time of reporting, the total Bitcoin holdings of the global publicly traded companies, excluding mining firms, amounted to 974,140 Bitcoins, reflecting a 1.16% increase from the previous week. The current market value is approximately $76.01 billion, representing 4.9% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.