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.
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- names in it4
What happened?
- 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.
- Estimated gross proceeds were about $630 million before expenses, with settlement expected on October 20, according to GuruFocus
- The company's stated uses of proceeds include bitcoin purchases, acquiring income-generating assets and share repurchases, the reports said
- Strive's ordinary shares rose about 4% on the announcement day; GuruFocus put the company's market capitalization at $2.60 billion
- 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 was named?
- Bitcoin 377 events
- Fidelity 8 events
- Strive
- SATS Preferred Stock
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