On Monday, December 29, 2025, Michael Saylor's Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced its latest Bitcoin purchase. The company has once again acquired over $100 million worth of digital assets, in line with its consistent purchases over the years. While large-scale Bitcoin purchases by strategies have often been the subject of celebration in the cryptocurrency community, not everyone believes this is a good strategy. The move was mainly criticized by world-renowned economist Peter Schiff, who emphasized that the gains so far have been subpar.
Strategy’s move into Bitcoin would have been better done with other assets
Schiff's comments gained attention shortly after the strategy announcement, which showed that a total of 1,229 BTC was purchased for approximately $109 million. Once the purchases were completed, the average purchase price of the coins was approximately $88,568, increasing the publicly traded company's already sizeable Bitcoin holdings.
Less than 30 minutes after Strategy's announcement, Peter Schiff took to the X (formerly Twitter) platform to share his thoughts on the move. Primarily, the economist is unimpressed with how the company's Bitcoin bet has played out so far, despite having pumped more than $50 billion into the digital asset.
Schiff points out that despite actively purchasing BTC over the past five years, Strategy has only made a 16% profit. If you look at this over the years the company has been purchasing Bitcoin, it averages out to an investment return of about 3% per year.
Given this, the economist believes the company would have fared better if it had accumulated assets other than Bitcoin. Interestingly, while the prices of other assets such as gold and silver have hit new all-time highs this year, BTC continues to struggle.
Breaking Down Strategy’s BTC holdings
Currently, Strategy maintains its position as the publicly traded company with the largest amount of Bitcoin. According to data According to data aggregation website CoinGecko, Strategy currently holds 672,497 BTC, representing 3.202% of the total Bitcoin supply.
The company has spent a whopping $50.44 billion amassing the entire stack, and the average price at the time of its last purchase was $74,997. So far, Strategy has a 16% profit margin and is currently sitting on more than $8 billion in unrealized gains, down from its record profit of $22 billion in October, when the price of Bitcoin rose above $126,000.
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