[Strategy Buys Back $188.3 Million in STRC Preferred Stock and Purchases 1,036 BTC] Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin News, reporting on the X platform, stated that Strategy purchased 1,036 BTC for $81.9 million and repurchased $188.3 million in STRC preferred stock; both expenditures were funded by the sale of $283.8 million in MSTR stock. Since October, Strategy has repurchased approximately $1.06 billion in STRC preferred stock, nearly five times its Bitcoin purchases during the same period, increasing its holdings to 850,400 BTC. Peter Schiff stated that STRC is "dead" and is being sustained by "artificial life support"; MSCI will announce the list of companies facing index removal in two days.