FBI Director Kash Patel's Undisclosed Stock Buy in Bitcoin Giant Strategy Is Down 44%
Key takeaways
- Patel bought between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of stock in the Michael Saylor-founded company on November 21, according to new government filings.
- The FBI director did not initially disclose his investment in Strategy.
- The stock buy should have been noted in a financial disclosure signed by Patel in early December.
FBI Director Kash Patel's Undisclosed Stock Buy in Bitcoin Giant Strategy Is Down 44% FBI Director Kash Patel's Undisclosed Stock Buy in Bitcoin Giant Strategy Is Down 44% · decrypt Sander Lutz Thu, July 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM GMT+7 2 min read MSTR BTC-USD FBI Director Kash Patel has seen his stake in Strategy collapse since making a sizable, previously undisclosed investment in the Bitcoin treasury firm last November.
Patel bought between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of stock in the Michael Saylor-founded company on November 21, according to new government filings. MSTR was trading around $181 at the time. The stock has since collapsed over 44%, to $100.55 at writing.
The FBI director did not initially disclose his investment in Strategy. He amended a required disclosure form in late May to include the Strategy buy, which he claimed were "inadvertently omitted," according to filings obtained by NOTUS.