If Strategy bought 20+ Year Treasury Bond (iShares ETF) instead of Bitcoin…
$67.8B↑ vs $53.3B BTC value
Total invested
$64.1B
113 transactions
TLT value today
$67.8B
+5.8% return
BTC value today
$53.3B
-16.7% return
TLT outperformed by
+$14.5B
+23% more return on capital
Bitcoin (actual)
TLT (hypothetical, total return)
Quietly working in the background
Dividends earned along the way
TLT paid 70 dividends over this period
Cash dividends paid
$3.8B
before reinvestment
Compounded reinvested value
$3.8B
↑ $25M from reinvestment
Share of TLT's total return
5.6%
rest is price appreciation
Where TLT's $67.8B value comes from
total return = price + dividends
Price appreciation · $64.0B
Dividends · $3.8B
Price-only return
Reinvested dividends (compounded at ex-date avg price)
TLT's lead over Bitcoin is largely price appreciation. $3.8B in dividends were reinvested along the way, compounding into the total.
Per-transaction breakdown
Showing 10 most recent of 113 transactions
Transaction date
Amount
BTC value now
TLT value now
Jun 15, 2026
$100M
$100M
$101M
Jun 8, 2026
$101M
$98M
$103M
Jun 1, 2026Sale
$2M
$2M
$2M
May 18, 2026
$2.0B
$1.6B
$2.1B
May 11, 2026
$43M
$34M
$44M
Apr 27, 2026
$255M
$206M
$258M
Apr 20, 2026
$2.5B
$2.2B
$2.6B
Apr 13, 2026
$1.0B
$877M
$1.0B
Apr 6, 2026
$330M
$307M
$333M
Mar 23, 2026
$77M
$65M
$78M
TLT value includes reinvested dividends. Splits are silently adjusted. Saylor often makes multiple purchases per month — each is its own row. See methodology.