MicroStrategy Buys Another $94.2 Million of Bitcoin
December 30, 2021 by Kitty Stone
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MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the business-intelligence software company that’s taken to accumulating bitcoin, said it bought 1,914 bitcoins between Dec. 9 and Dec. 29. The company paid about $94.2 million in cash at an average price of $49,229 per bitcoin, it said in a statement. As of Dec. 29 the company held about 124,391 bitcoins purchased
MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), the business-intelligence software company that’s taken to accumulating bitcoin, said it bought 1,914 bitcoins between Dec. 9 and Dec. 29.
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The company paid about $94.2 million in cash at an average price of $49,229 per bitcoin, it said in a statement.
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As of Dec. 29 the company held about 124,391 bitcoins purchased at an average price of $30,159. Bitcoin is currently trading about $47,500.
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In the third quarter, the company added almost 9,000 bitcoin to its holdings, an average of 3,000 a month.
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CEO Michael Saylor has made bitcoin acquisition a second mandate for his 32-year-old company.
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