Strive buys 1,110 BTC for $81.5M; holdings top 21K; ASST surges 11%

The move underscores how equity markets are increasingly rewarding corporate Bitcoin accumulation, with Strive's share reaction showing that treasury strategy itself can function as a catalyst. For peers holding similar mandates, the read-through is that scale and disclosure cadence matter as much as the underlying asset. The open question is whether this kind of premium persists if Bitcoin's price trajectory stalls, since the equity move here was tied to a purchase executed at a specific average cost.