{"id":84965,"date":"2023-09-25T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84965"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:30:52","slug":"microstrategy-buys-5445-btc-for-147-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/microstrategy-buys-5445-btc-for-147-million\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy buys 5,445 BTC for $147 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The analytics software provider MicroStrategy has added to its Bitcoin holdings, purchasing 5,445 BTC, according to founder Michael Saylor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 5,445 BTC for ~$147.3 million at an average price of $27,053 per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a>. As of 9\/24\/23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicroStrategy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MicroStrategy<\/a> hodls 158,245 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> acquired for ~$4.68 billion at an average price of $29,582 per bitcoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MSTR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$MSTR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GbJtUoQfXv\">https:\/\/t.co\/GbJtUoQfXv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor\u26a1\ufe0f (@saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saylor\/status\/1706278284651077714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, between August 1 and September 24 the company bought Bitcoin for $147.3 million at an average price of $27,053.<\/p>\n<p>According to Saylor, MicroStrategy owns 158,245 BTC worth about $4.68 billion (average price $29,582).<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the flagship cryptocurrency remained above $26,000. In the last 24 hours the asset fell 2.1%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/ru\" title=\"\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58-1024x729.png\" alt=\"BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58\" class=\"wp-image-216552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BTCUSDT_2023-09-25_15-16-58.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timeframe BTC\/USDT on Binance. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSDT\/?exchange=BINANCE\" title=\"\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In June, the software provider disclosed investments in Bitcoin for the second quarter \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-12333-btc-for-347-million\"> 12,333 BTC for $347 million<\/a>. Earlier, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-6455-more-btc-for-150-million\">invested $150 million<\/a> in Bitcoin in March.<\/p>\n<p>In August MicroStrategy <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-467-btc-for-14-4-million\">bought another 467 BTC<\/a> for $14.4 million. The only sale the firm made was in December 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-2501-btc-for-about-44-6-million-says-founder-michael-saylor\">selling 704 BTC<\/a> at an average price of $16,776.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of August, CoinGecko put MicroStrategy\u2019s return on its cryptocurrency investment at <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/experts-assess-the-profitability-of-public-companies-bitcoin-investments\">11.07%<\/a>, equivalent to about $456.7 million in profit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The analytics software provider MicroStrategy has added to its Bitcoin holdings, purchasing 5,445 BTC, according to founder Michael Saylor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84966,"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":[18,1207],"class_list":["post-84965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-microstrategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84965","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=84965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84967,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84965\/revisions\/84967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}