MicroStrategy Buys Additional $50M in Bitcoin

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Dec 4, 2020 at 10:59 p.m.UTC Updated Dec 4, 2020 at 11:07 p.m.UTC MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor (Charles Norfleet/Getty Images) MicroStrategy Buys Additional $50M in Bitcoin MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced his company’s third bitcoin purchase on Twitter Friday evening, per SEC filings the same day.Saylor purchased 2,574 bitcoins for $50.0 million in cash bringing…

Dec 4, 2020 at 10:59 p.m.UTC Updated Dec 4, 2020 at 11:07 p.m.UTC
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor (Charles Norfleet/Getty Images) MicroStrategy Buys Additional $50M in Bitcoin
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced his company’s third bitcoin purchase on Twitter Friday evening, per SEC filings the same day.Saylor purchased 2,574 bitcoins for $50.0 million in cash bringing the business intelligence company’s treasury holdings to approximately 40,824 bitcoins.MicroStrategy first bought $250 million in bitcoin (BTC) on Aug.11.

followed by an additional $175 million worth of BTC one month later.Saylor said the latest purchase is part of MicroStrategy’s treasury reserve policy of eschewing inflation-prone cash for bitcoin.

The 55 year-old executive heralds bitcoin as the “most rational” vessel for value storage anywhere in the world.MSTR shares have soared 170% since Saylor first hinted the firm’s interest in BTC in late July 2020.Some now call the company a de-facto bitcoin ETF – albeit an inefficient one.Leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase brokered MicroStrategy’s original bitcoin purchases, as CoinDesk previously reported.

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