Strive Boosts Bitcoin Position With $500M Stock Offering as Standard Chartered Cuts BTC Price Target

• Strive uses a $500 million stock program to expand its 7,525 BTC treasury position.
• Standard Chartered halves its 2025 Bitcoin target to $100,000 and trims longer-term forecasts.

Strive raised fresh capital through a new at-the-market stock offering, allowing the firm to increase its Bitcoin position while markets remain volatile. The company plans to sell up to $500 million in Class A common stock, according to its filing. Business Insider reported that Strive has been adding Bitcoin throughout 2024 and 2025, using market offerings to fund purchases without taking on debt.

The firm says proceeds will support additional Bitcoin acquisitions and general operations. Strive frames BTC as its long-term treasury asset and continues to expand its exposure even as broader sentiment weakens, as we discussed earlier. The approach mirrors other public companies that shifted part of their balance sheets into Bitcoin during market downturns.

The timing also signals confidence. While prices pulled back from recent highs, Strive keeps buying, arguing that dollar-cost accumulation strengthens its balance sheet over time. Business Insider noted that the company sees demand for exposure to BTC through corporate equity rather than direct token ownership.

Standard Chartered Pulls Back Its Bitcoin Call

Meanwhile, Standard Chartered has pulled back its earlier bullish view on Bitcoin. In its latest projection, the bank now looks for the coin to trade near $100,000 at the end of 2025. Earlier, it had talked about a price closer to $200,000 for the same period, so the new figure is roughly half that level, Business Insider reported.

Analyst Geoff Kendrick said the bank now projects $150,000 for 2026, also down from the earlier $300,000 target. He added that corporate balance-sheet buying appears to have peaked, reducing one of BTC’s strongest demand drivers from the last cycle.

Because of that, the bank expects ETF inflows to carry more weight than before. Kendrick said institutional flows may still support the market, yet the pace will likely be slower. Business Insider reported that the bank also pushed its long-term $500,000 estimate to 2030 instead of 2027.