{"id":35587,"date":"2021-01-29T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35587"},"modified":"2025-08-29T01:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:59:28","slug":"microstrategy-to-explore-new-bitcoin-investment-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/microstrategy-to-explore-new-bitcoin-investment-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy to explore new bitcoin investment opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The analytics software maker MicroStrategy will continue to deploy free cash flow into bitcoin and will explore new ways to invest in the leading cryptocurrency, according to the company\u2019s chief executive Michael Saylor in the fourth-quarter 2020 report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cGoing forward, we continue to plan to hold our bitcoin and invest additional excess cash flows in bitcoin. Additionally, we will explore various approaches to acquire additional bitcoin as part of our overall corporate strategy.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RNs8E0XF6J\">https:\/\/t.co\/RNs8E0XF6J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@michael_saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1354899983594618889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Our innovative decision to make bitcoin the primary reserve asset has made MicroStrategy a recognised authority in the cryptocurrency market and has generated enormous interest in the company,&#8221; said Saylor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, 2020 was transformational for MicroStrategy. The company\u2019s fourth-quarter revenue amounted to $131.3 million, down 1.7% from the same period in 2019. Gross income reached $110.5 million with a margin of 84.2% versus 81.6% a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2020 the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-becomes-the-first-nasdaq-listed-company-to-invest-part-of-its-capital-in-bitcoin\">bought 21,454 BTC<\/a> for about $250 million. A month later the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-bets-another-175-million-on-bitcoin\">invested another $175 million<\/a> in bitcoin, and in December <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-invests-another-650-million-in-bitcoin\">added $650 million<\/a> raised through the issuance of debt securities. On 23 January MicroStrategy <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-bets-another-10m-on-bitcoin-as-prices-slide\">bought another 314 BTC<\/a> for a total value of $10 million.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, MicroStrategy holds 70,784 BTC worth more than $2.5 billion, according to BitcoinTreasuries.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Saylor said that the inflows of money from financial assets into bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-ceo-inflow-of-funds-from-liquid-assets-into-bitcoin-is-not-a-bubble\">are not a bubble<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The analytics software maker MicroStrategy will continue to deploy free cash flow into bitcoin and will explore new ways to invest in the leading cryptocurrency, according to CEO Michael Saylor in the fourth-quarter 2020 report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52,1207],"class_list":["post-35587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-investments","tag-microstrategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35589,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587\/revisions\/35589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}