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Strategy Surpasses BlackRock as World's Biggest Bitcoin Holder | CoinDesk Daily

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Strategy surpasses BlackRock's IBIT to become the biggest bitcoin holder. Strategy now holds 815,061 BTC, edging past BlackRock's IBIT for the first time since Q2 2024, after a $2.54 billion bitcoin purchase. It's the first time a single corporate treasury has outpaced the world's largest spot bitcoin ETF. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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0:00.0

Strategy is now the world's biggest Bitcoin holder and crypto scammers at the straight of Ormuse.

0:10.1

Strategy now holds more Bitcoin than Black Rock's Ibit, and it's the first time it's been ahead since Q2, 2024.

0:16.4

The milestone follows Strategies $2.54 billion purchase last week that boosted its holdings.

0:22.5

Ibit became the fastest ETF in history to reach $70 billion in assets while strategy uses leverage, including convertible debt, equity issuance, and perpetual preferred stock to accumulate, adding nearly $80,000 Bitcoin this year alone.

0:35.8

The hackers behind the $292 million

0:38.3

Kelp Dow exploit are already moving the money. Onchain data from Arkham shows two transfers

0:43.8

totaling $175 million, leaving the exploiter's wallet on Tuesday. Zach XPT confirmed funds

0:50.4

have started moving to Bitcoin via Thor chain, a common laundering route for North Korea's

0:54.5

Lazarus Group, who's been linked to the attack. One of the biggest victims of the incident,

0:58.6

Avey, could face up to $230 million in bad debt. And crypto criminals are targeting ships stranded

1:04.4

at the Strait of Ormuz. Shipping companies received messages from scammers posing as Iranian authorities

1:09.6

demanding Bitcoin or USDT for safe passage.

1:13.1

Creek maritime risk firm Marisks said at least one vessel appears to have paid and was then fired upon.

1:19.1

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