The US software company MicroStrategy has become particularly well known for its extreme Bitcoin strategy. Today, the company announced that it had spent more than one billion US dollars on additional BTC. Here are the key facts:
- Over the past few weeks, MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 18,300 BTC, according to a press release.
- The purchase cost the company around 1.11 billion US dollars.
- The company made its plans for a further Bitcoin investment worth billions public around a month ago - Blocktrainer.de reported.
- The average price for the deal was around 60,408 US dollars per Bitcon.
- According to its own statements, the company founded by Michael Saylor now holds 244,800 BTC.
- The average price of the total holdings is around 38,585 US dollars per Bitcoin.
- In total, MicroStrategy has already invested almost 9.5 billion US dollars.
- At the current Bitcoin price of ~58,000 US dollars, the holdings are worth almost 14.2 billion US dollars.
MicroStrategy has acquired 18,300 BTC for ~$1.11 billion at ~$60,408 per #bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 4.4% QTD and 17.0% YTD. As of 9/12/2024, we hodl 244,800 $BTC acquired for ~$9.45 billion at ~$38,585 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/WBBRSKxA1U-
Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) September 13, 2024