Strive is 1,001 Bitcoin away from surpassing Metaplanet as second-largest Bitcoin treasury

Strive is a single Bitcoin purchase away from a podium finish. The company needs 1,001 more BTC to pass Metaplanet and become the world’s second-largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. The scoreboard Strive, Inc. (ASST) held 43,000 BTC as of October 26, 2026. Metaplanet (TYO:3350), the Tokyo-listed treasury firm, held 44,000 BTC as of early October. The current public company rankings look like this: Strategy (MSTR): ~848,000+ BTC Metaplanet: 44,000 BTC Twenty One Capital: 43,514 BTC Strive: 43,000 BTC MARA Holdings: ~35,577 BTC A quick note on that list: Strive is technically fourth, not third. Twenty One Capital sits wedged between Strive and Metaplanet, so any jump to second place means leapfrogging two companies at once. Also worth noting is how far ahead Strategy remains. The fight for second place is real, but the leader holds a stack that dwarfs everyone else combined on this list. How Strive got here so fast Strive held approximately 7,500 BTC at the end of 2025. By late October 2026, that figure had climbed to 43,000 BTC. The most recent big move was a purchase of 6,182 BTC for around $511 million in October 2026. That single acquisition did much of the heavy lifting in closin...