Strive buys 29 Bitcoin as it chases Metaplanet for the No. 2 treasury spot

The Ramaswamy-backed firm now holds 43,153 BTC and wants to pass Metaplanet as the second-largest public Bitcoin holder by year-end Strive has added another 29 Bitcoin to its balance sheet. That brings the company’s total holdings to 43,153 BTC. Strive, Inc. trades on Nasdaq under the ticker ASST. The Dallas-based firm was co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy. The company has a clear target. It wants to become the world’s second-largest publicly traded Bitcoin holder by the end of the year. Standing in the way is Metaplanet, which holds 44,000 BTC. With 43,153 BTC now on Strive’s books, the gap between the two works out to 847 BTC. The latest purchase builds on a position Strive reported as of October 30, 2026. At that point, the company held 43,124 BTC.

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