Strategy Buys $168M in Bitcoin, Holdings Hit 717,131 BTC

  • Strategy added 2,486 BTC for $168.4 million in the last week.
  • Total holdings rose to 717,131 BTC acquired for $54.52 billion at $76,027 per coin.
  • The purchases were funded through common stock sales and STRC preferred stock sales.
Strategy Buys $168M in Bitcoin, Holdings Hit 717,131 BTC
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Strategy bought more bitcoin last week, adding 2,486 BTC for $168.4 million.

Purchase details

The company said the buys were made at a time when bitcoin was trading near $68,000, according to a market price cited in the report.

Strategy’s total holdings now stand at 717,131 BTC.

It has acquired that stack for $54.52 billion, or an average cost of $76,027 per bitcoin.

With bitcoin around $68,000, the position implies an unrealized loss of roughly $8,000 per coin, or about $5.7 billion in total.

Funding and filing

The purchases were funded through $90.5 million in common stock sales and $78.4 million from sales of the company’s STRC preferred series, according to a Tuesday morning filing.

Strategy’s bitcoin position is tracked among public-company holders in Bitbo’s Strategy’s historical bitcoin holdings.

Stock move

MSTR shares were down 3.2% in premarket trading.

The stock was also down more than 60% year-over-year.

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