Software company MicroStrategy today announced another massive Bitcoin buy—the fourth such purchase in as many weeks.
The newly dubbed “Bitcoin development company” said Monday that it bought approximately 15,400 Bitcoin for $1.5 billion between November 25 and December 1.
It snapped up the orange coins at an average price of approximately $95,976, the announcement added.
MicroStrategy has acquired 15,400 BTC for ~$1.5 billion at ~$95,976 per #bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 38.7% QTD and 63.3% YTD. As of 12/2/2024, we hodl 402,100 $BTC acquired for ~$23.4 billion at ~$58,263 per bitcoin. $MSTRhttps://t.co/K3TK4msGp0
MicroStrategy now holds 402,100 Bitcoin. At today’s price, that’s about $39 billion in the leading cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is now trading for $97,000, according to CoinGecko.
The formerly sleepy software company now securitizes Bitcoin by buying the asset and allowing investors to buy its Nasdaq-listed shares to get exposure to the cryptocurrency.
MicroStrategy co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor came up with the idea back in 2020. The company in August of that year spent $250 million on the asset.
Saylor claims to have found the ultimate way to store value: The tech entrepreneur argues that Bitcoin is the best bet if companies want to get returns for their shareholders, as the digital coin is scarce and appreciates more than other investments each year.
“Whoever gets the most Bitcoin wins,” Saylor said in a March interview.
And he may have a point: MicroStrategy stock (NASDAQ: MSTR) was trading for less than $15 a share before the company started buying Bitcoin. Today, it’s trading for $389, and surged to a new all-time high price last month. The company has beat most other firms on the S&P 500.
Software firm turned Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has been buying Bitcoin for more than five years, pioneering the growing trend of publicly traded firms that are adding cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets.
What started as a way to "maximize long-term value for shareholders” has transformed into an industry-shifting paradigm that has been further fueled by greater entwinement of traditional financial markets and crypto.
Along the way, Strategy has accumulated 607,770 BTC, or nearly 2....
MicroStrategy has repeatedly bought Bitcoin since 2020, but this year accelerated its buys as the price of Bitcoin surges. The firm recently said that it will raise $42 billion in additional funding to continue buying Bitcoin, as it has started to do recently.
A weekend sell order from a large buyer has triggered a flash crash for the world’s largest crypto, forcing over half a billion dollars in liquidations.
The sell order of 24,000 BTC, worth $2.7 billion, catalyzed a 3.74% correction in under ten minutes, resulting in $623 million in liquidations, according to data from CoinGlass.
Still, Bitcoin is up 2.41% from its weekend low of $110,484 and is currently trading near $113,169, according to CoinGecko data.
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