- MicroStrategy has added to its Bitcoin holdings with another 2,138 BTC purchase
- This is the eighth consecutive week that the US-listed company has purchased Bitcoin
- MicroStrategy’s announcement comes a day after Michael Saylor posted the company’s BTC tracker.
MicroStrategy, the world’s largest publicly-traded holder of Bitcoin (BTC), has announced purchase of the flagship digital asset.
The company, whose BTC buying spree has seen it become known as a Bitcoin development company, revealed the latest purchase on Dec. 30.
MicroStrategy buys BTC again
In the announcement, the company disclosed its eighth consecutive week of BTC acquisition involved the scooping of 2,138 bitcoins for $209 million. The company used funds from its at-the-market share sales, which currently stands at over $6.88 billion.
MicroStrategy has acquired 2,138 BTC for ~$209 million at ~$97,837 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 47.8% QTD and 74.1% YTD. As of 12/29/2024, we hodl 446,400 $BTC acquired for ~$27.9 billion at ~$62,428 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/58aXM7g6u2
— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) December 30, 2024
Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, had posted the company’s BTC tracker on Dec. 29, leading to speculation about today’s announcement.
For its most recent BTC acquisition, MicroStrategy spent approximately $97,837 per BTC. With this purchase, MicroStrategy has extended its lead as the world’s largest holder of Bitcoin among publicly traded companies. It now hodls 446,400 BTC, acquired for a total of $27.9 billion and at the average purchase price of $62,428 per bitcoin.
In total, the company has seen a BTC Yield of 47.8% quarter-to-date and 74.1% year-to-date.
Despite the buying, Bitcoin price remained negative on the daily and weekly time frames, trading around $93,114 at the time of writing. Per CoinMarketCap, BTC was down 1.8% in the past 24 hours and 2.6% in the past week.
Meanwhile, the MicroStrategy stock, which rose sharply amid the company’s joining of the Nasdaq 100, was down 13.3% in pre-market trading. MSTR closed at $330 on Dec. 27 but hovered around $319 at 8:30 ET on Dec. 30.
