MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) shocked the market yesterday by announcing it didn’t buy any Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) during the prior week, the first time in 12 weeks it hasn’t made a purchase.  The company,

MicroStrategy, the fourth-largest owner of bitcoin (BTC), did not buy any new tokens last week, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor announced on X, ending a 12-week string of purchases. Since Nov. 11, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company has bought 218,887 bitcoin, according to Saylor. It currently holds 471,107 bitcoin.

MicroStrategy pauses Bitcoin purchases, holding 471,107 BTC worth over $30 billion. The pause marks a strategic recalibration, not a shift from MicroStrategy’s long-term Bitcoin commitment.

MicroStrategy reports Q4 results late Wednesday. The software company went on a 12-week bitcoin buying spree ahead of results.

MicroStrategy, the globe’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, announced a dramatic shift in its Bitcoin acquisition strategy on Monday. Despite being the world’s “Bitcoin treasury company,” MicroStrategy said it suspended bitcoin purchases last week.

Bitcoin fought its way back from a steep weekend plunge, clawing to $98,000 after touching a brutal three-week low of $91,441. By press time, it had stabilized at $97,730, but the damage was already done—down 6.