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Market trends · on the rundown Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Strive prices $630 million preferred stock offering to fund bitcoin buys

Covered by 12 outlets over 168 hours. They ran 10 distinct reports. First reported by Investing.com UK at 20:48 UTC on October 13, 2026.

12 outlets

What happened?

  1. GuruFocus reported that on October 16, 2026, Strive Inc. (ASST) set a price of $90 per share on 7 million shares of SATS Preferred Stock from the 15.00% Series A Perpetual class, with 2 million shares added to the offering.
  2. Estimated gross proceeds were about $630 million before expenses, with settlement expected on October 20, according to GuruFocus
  3. The company's stated uses of proceeds include bitcoin purchases, acquiring income-generating assets and share repurchases, the reports said
  4. Strive's ordinary shares rose about 4% on the announcement day; GuruFocus put the company's market capitalization at $2.60 billion
  5. GuruFocus calculated a price-to-sales ratio of 212.02x against a historical median of 34.1x, and reported the company is unprofitable and cash-flow negative

GuruFocus reported that Strive Inc. priced 7 million shares of 15.00% Series A perpetual preferred stock at $90 on October 16, 2026, for estimated gross proceeds of about $630 million. The company has said the money will go toward bitcoin purchases, income-generating assets and share repurchases.

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Who reported it, and when?

10 distinct reports run by 12 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
TimeReportRun by
Oct 13 20:48Strive plans IPO of 15% preferred stock to fund bitcoin buys - Investing.com UK
Oct 14 00:12Strive Announces 15% SATS Preferred Stock IPO to Fund Bitcoin Acquisition - Cryptonews.net
Oct 14 01:10ASST Stock Rises Overnight: Strive Launches IPO Of 15% SATS Preferred Stock To Fund Bitcoin Purchases - Yahoo Finance
  • Yahoo Finance
Oct 16 00:06Strive Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering of SATS Stock
  • Investing News Network (inn)
Oct 16 04:26Strive prices upsized $630M IPO of SATS preferred stock - TradingView
  • TradingView
Oct 16 06:55Strive Inc. (ASST) Prices $630M Preferred Stock Offering, Shares Rise 4%
  • GuruFocus
Oct 19 01:14Strive Is Paying 15% to Buy Bitcoin While Strategy Buys Back Its 12% Stock - Memeburn
  • Memeburn
Oct 20 08:01Report by CryptoPotato
  • CryptoPotato
Oct 20 20:13Bitcoin Treasury Strive Debuts New Preferred Stock With 15% Dividend - Bitcoin Magazine
  • Bitcoin Magazine
Oct 20 20:23Fidelity says preferred stock has funded 135,979 Bitcoin in purchases - Crypto News
  • Crypto News

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Who was named?

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