{"id":44696,"date":"2021-06-21T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=44696"},"modified":"2025-08-31T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:12:10","slug":"microstrategy-buys-13005-more-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/microstrategy-buys-13005-more-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy buys 13,005 more BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The software analytics provider MicroStrategy purchased 13,005 BTC for roughly $489 million. This was reported by CEO Michael Saylor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 13,005 bitcoins for ~$489 million in cash at an average price of ~$37,617 per bitcoin. As of 6\/21\/21 we <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hodl?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hodl<\/a> ~105,085 bitcoins acquired for ~$2.741 billion at an average price of ~$26,080 per bitcoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MSTR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$MSTR<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLfnOxZEZc\">https:\/\/t.co\/gLfnOxZEZc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@michael_saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1406946140344442882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In total MicroStrategy holds 105,085 BTC worth $2.74 billion. Their average purchase price is $26,080.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2020, MicroStrategy<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-becomes-the-first-nasdaq-listed-company-to-invest-part-of-its-capital-in-bitcoin\"> invested $250 million in bitcoin<\/a>. Later the company&#8217;s board of directors<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-bets-another-175-million-on-bitcoin\"> approved a policy of increasing investment<\/a> in the first cryptocurrency using cash reserves.<\/p>\n<p>In December the company issued convertible bonds<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-raises-650-million-for-bitcoin-purchase\"> for $650 million<\/a> to buy digital gold.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021 the software provider additionally issued debt securities<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-raises-more-than-1-billion-in-debt-financing-to-buy-bitcoin\"> for more than $1 billion<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-more-bitcoin-for-1-026-billion\"> again invested the raised funds in cryptocurrency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March MicroStrategy acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-invests-another-15-million-in-bitcoin\">328 BTC<\/a>, about <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-another-205-btc-at-a-price-below-50000\">205 BTC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-additional-bitcoin-for-15-million\">262 BTC<\/a>. For $15 million the firm invested in digital gold <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-makes-a-further-15-million-investment-in-bitcoin\">in April<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-adds-15-million-to-bitcoin-holdings\"> May<\/a>. Later the company bought <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-invests-10-million-in-bitcoin\">229 BTC for $10 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, on June 14 the software provider<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-raises-500-million-to-buy-bitcoin\"> announced the issue<\/a> of senior convertible bonds worth $500 million with a coupon rate of 6.125%. The proceeds will be used by MicroStrategy to buy bitcoin, as well as capital from the announced<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-to-raise-up-to-1-billion-via-stock-offering-to-fund-bitcoin-purchases\"> additional share issuance worth $1 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The software analytics provider MicroStrategy purchased 13,005 BTC for roughly $489 million. 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