Michael Saylor: Strategy Adds 17,585 BTC in "Bitcoin Gains" Over First Half of April, Valued at About $1.3B

April 15 — Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, said Strategy generated 17,585 bitcoins in "Bitcoin Gains" during the first two weeks of April 2026, worth roughly $1.3 billion at current prices. Saylor described "Bitcoin Gains", under the company's "Bitcoin standard" framework, as the metric closest to traditional net profit. A chart accompanying the statement shows that as of April 15, Strategy held 780,897 BTC, valued at $58.123 billion. BlockBeats notes that "Bitcoin Gain (BTC Gain)" is a key performance indicator developed by Strategy to quantify shareholder value created by its Bitcoin-focused capital strategy. The measure reflects the increase in Bitcoin per share over a given period, driven by raising funds through tools such as equity issuance, convertible bonds and preferred stock, then deploying the proceeds to purchase additional Bitcoin. It is not net profit under conventional accounting, but what Saylor calls the closest equivalent within the Bitcoin standard.