Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy has struck again, adding a further 2,530 bitcoins to its portfolio at a cost, of $243 million. This latest acquisition has created the company as the biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin which now holds 450,000 BTC worth billions of dollars.
MicroStrategy Acquires Additional Bitcoin in Latest Purchase
MicroStrategy, managed by Michael Saylor, the company’s executive chairman, disclosed in a press release its latest purchase on January 13. The company disclosed it bought the Bitcoin at an average cost of $95,972 per Bitcoin. This acquisition was made out of the cash flows from the issuance and sales of shares under a prior selling agreement made available in its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This deal has boosted the overall owned Bitcoin by the company and backed up the idea used in the strategy to consider Bitcoin as an essential corporate asset.
Expanding Bitcoin Portfolio and Performance Insights
The new purchase will be added to the vast Bitcoin stash MicroStrategy bought in 2024 amounting to 258,320 BTC for $22.07 billion. It also announced a Bitcoin yield rate for the year 2025 at a 0.32% standard after a yield rate of 74.3% in 2024.
MicroStrategy recently bought 70 BTC for $101m, and the company intends to issue up to $2 billion in perpetual preferred stock to finance further purchases.
MSTR Stock Reaction Amid Market Turbulence
Nevertheless, MicroStrategy made radical purchases of Bitcoin at the beginning of August, and its stock (MSTR) tumbled by 4% in the pre-market trading on Monday and reached $313.40. This is after the weekly appreciation by 7.99% after it had dropped by 19% in the last month.
The rest of the Bitcoin market has fluctuated as well to some extent the Bitcoin price has decreased by over 3% and gone below $91,000. The results signal greater market turnover as market participants respond to numbers and sentiment, with the total trading turnover rising to 151 percent.
MicroStrategy’s Vision for Bitcoin Adoption
The management at MicroStrategy has vowed to continue buying Bitcoin as evidence of its policy change regarding Bitcoin as a reserve asset. Through a steady accumulation of more tokens, the company is providing the necessary lead that institutions need to begin adopting cryptocurrencies.
The precarious short-term market and macroeconomic environment are unpredictable, but MicroStrategy’s actions prove its belief in the development of a new financial paradigm.
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