This Company Bought $821.70 Million in Bitcoin

According to the executive chairman and head of Bitcoin strategy, Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy has bolstered its Bitcoin holdings by acquiring 12,000 BTC for around $821.7 million.

With this latest acquisition, as of March 10, 2024, MicroStrategy now holds 205,000 BTC.

MicroStrategy’s $6.91 Billion Bitcoin Investment

The purchase, made using proceeds from convertible notes and excess cash, translates to roughly $68,477 per BTC. With this latest acquisition, as of March 10, 2024, MicroStrategy now holds 205,000 BTC, acquired for approximately $6.91 billion at an average price of $33,706 per BTC.

The company previously bought 3,000 BTC, which caused MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin holdings to exceed $10 billion. The move comes as the firm, whose primary product is business intelligence software, bets on Bitcoin’s superiority over other assets. 

“Bitcoin’s competing against gold, which is 10x. What it is right now, it’s competing against the S&P index, it’s competing against real estate, $100 trillion plus asset class as a store of value. We believe capital is going to keep flowing from those asset classes into Bitcoin because Bitcoin is technically superior to those asset classes,” Saylor said.

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MicroStrategy’s journey began in August 2020 when it announced its first major investment in Bitcoin, purchasing approximately 21,454 BTC, worth over $250 million. Since then, it has amassed the largest corporate holdings of Bitcoin globally.

For a time, some investors considered MicroStrategy stock a proxy for Bitcoin. However, the approvals of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in January have offered an alternative. Investors are choosing to get exposure to Bitcoin through these ETFs via their tax-advantaged retirement and brokerage accounts.

Demand for BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin Strategy ETF has been skyrocketing, with assets under management topping $10 billion last week.

MicroStrategy previously made its case as a superior alternative to Bitcoin ETFs. It was argued that investors in MSTR stock have control over the company’s capital structure, as MicroStrategy is an operating company. This privilege is unlike that of a spot ETF issuer, a trust company.

Unlike Bitcoin ETF issuers, MicroStrategy charges shareholders no management fee and the company can also innovate and generate new cash flows.