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FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed a six-figure investment in Strategy<\/a> (MSTR), the world\u2019s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, more than six months past the deadline set by federal ethics law, according to a report<\/a> from NOTUS. The lapse has reopened a fight over stock trading by senior government officials and raised questions about a potential conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

Patel purchased between $100,001 and $250,000 in shares of Strategy on November 21, 2025. He did not report the trade to federal regulators until May 26, 2026, a gap of more than 180 days. The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act requires<\/a> senior executive-branch officials to disclose individual stock trades over $1,000 within 45 days of the transaction.<\/p>\n

In his May 26 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Patel said the trade had been \u201cinadvertently omitted\u201d from a prior filing. Two days later, Deputy Assistant Attorney General William Taylor attributed the omission to a miscommunication, and an FBI official told NOTUS the late reporting was \u201cnot realized and unintentional.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

First-time STOCK Act violators face a $200 fine. The Department of Justice, which would issue or waive the penalty, has not fined Patel. The bureau said the corrected filing was reviewed and approved by a DOJ ethics official.<\/p>\n

Why Patel\u2019s stock omission is drawing attention<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Strategy, the firm led by Michael Saylor, pioneered<\/a> the corporate Bitcoin-treasury model and holds more than 760,000 BTC. The stock functions as a proxy<\/a> for the price of Bitcoin, which makes it one of the most direct routes to a Bitcoin bet through a brokerage account. Strategy\u2019s shares have lost about half their value since the date of Patel\u2019s purchase.<\/p>\n

The identity of the company is the crux of the concern. The FBI, under Patel, plays a central role in cryptocurrency enforcement, and Patel has promoted that record.<\/p>\n

In a June 19 post on X, he warned crypto fraudsters that \u201cthis FBI will find you, and we will bring you to justice.\u201d Weeks before his purchase, he had touted a case that seized roughly $15 billion\u00a0<\/p>\n

Strategy has done millions of dollars in business with the Justice Department, of which the FBI is a part, along with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, and State, over the past decade, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Taylor maintained that Patel\u2019s stake does not create a conflict of interest with his oversight of the bureau.<\/p>\n

Patel is not an outlier. Vice President JD Vance disclosed<\/a> up to $500,000 in Bitcoin, and President Trump and his sons reported more than $1 billion in crypto-related income last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This post FBI Director Kash Patel Did Not Disclose Six-Figure Strategy (MSTR) Stake: Report<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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