{"id":73339,"date":"2024-03-11T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=73339"},"modified":"2024-03-11T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:25:49","slug":"microstrategy-buys-additional-12000-btc-worth-800m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/microstrategy-buys-additional-12000-btc-worth-800m\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy Buys Additional 12,000 BTC Worth $800M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MicroStrategy has concluded a new convertible note offering<\/a> worth $800 million. Funds from the offering were utilized to purchase an additional 12,000 BTC to add to its treasury reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The announcement of MicroStrategy's intention to issue a fresh series of convertible notes coincided with Bitcoin's ascent to a record high on March 6. On March 8, the organization successfully concluded the private offering, selling a total principal amount of $800 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Saylor, chairman and founder of MicroStrategy, confirmed on the social media platform X that acquiring an additional 12,000 Bitcoin at an average price of $68,477 per BTC using the net proceeds from the note offering and surplus cash was possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor confirms the company\u2019s latest Bitcoin acquisition, taking its holdings over 200,000 BTC. Source:\u00a0Michael Saylor on X\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MicroStrategy held approximately 193,000 BTC at an average price of $31,544 before its most recent Bitcoin acquisition. This represented a $12.9 billion balance and a return of 112% since the firm began acquiring BTC. Saylor has verified that MicroStrategy has acquired 205,000 BTC at an average price of $33,706 per coin for $6.91 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent note offering from MicroStrategy bears an annual interest rate of 0.625 percent and becomes due semi-annually in September and March, beginning in September 2024. The notes are convertible in exchange for cash, MicroStrategy shares<\/a>, or a combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the principal amount of $1,000 in notes, the initial conversion rate is equivalent to 0.6677 MicroStrategy's class A common stock shares. According to the corporation, this corresponds to an approximate initial conversion price per share of $1,497.68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis represents a premium of approximately 42.5% over the last reported sale price of $1,051.01 per share of MicroStrategy\u2019s class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 5, 2024.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In August 2020, MicroStrategy caused a stir by allocating a substantial proportion of its capital directly into Bitcoin holdings. Saylor led the initiative, which commenced with an initial investment of 21,454 BTC for $250 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saylor stated at the time that the investment was motivated by the organization's conviction that Bitcoin “possesses greater potential for long-term appreciation than cash and is a reliable store of value and an attractive investment asset.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saylor maintained at the time that Bitcoin constituted a more advantageous investment than fiat currency and that the organization's primary holding in its treasury reserve strategy was Bitcoin. By early January 2024, the organization had already witnessed a more than $1 billion growth in its Bitcoin holdings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MicroStrategy has concluded a new convertible note offering worth $800 million. Funds from the offering were utilized to purchase an additional 12,000 BTC to add to its treasury reserve. The announcement of MicroStrategy’s intention to issue a fresh series of convertible notes coincided with Bitcoin’s ascent to a record high on March 6. On March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":72850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[5561,5157,539],"class_list":["post-73339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-btc-2","tag-bitcoin-adoption","tag-microstrategy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}