{"id":7149,"date":"2024-03-05T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/microstrategy-doubles-down-on-bitcoin-bet-reveals-plans-to-spend-600-million-on-btc-bitcoinist-com\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:24:18","slug":"microstrategy-doubles-down-on-bitcoin-bet-reveals-plans-to-spend-600-million-on-btc-bitcoinist-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/microstrategy-doubles-down-on-bitcoin-bet-reveals-plans-to-spend-600-million-on-btc-bitcoinist-com\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy Doubles Down On Bitcoin Bet: Reveals Plans To Spend $600 Million On BTC | Bitcoinist.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MicroStrategy, the intelligence and software company known for its investment in Bitcoin, has released plans to double down on its holdings of the digital currency. Particularly, the company announced a private offering of $600 million worth of convertible senior notes due 2030 in order to stock up more Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, Bitcoin\u2019s price is experiencing an enormous climb as it moves closer and closer to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-price-before-halving\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reaching a new all-time high<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>MicroStrategy Looking To Buy More Bitcoin<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MicroStrategy is the largest public holder. The company has been a long supporter of Bitcoin, with former CEO Michael Saylor referring to the cryptocurrency as the digital synthetic successor to gold. The firm started buying Bitcoin back in August 2020 worth over $250 million and hasn\u2019t slowed down since. Interestingly, the company held its Bitcoin assets throughout the 2022 bear market, even when other companies like Tesla <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/rumors-of-microstrategy-selling-bitcoin-grow-with-teslas-disclosure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were selling their holdings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MicroStrategy\u2019s recent proposal indicates that it is still interested in purchasing more Bitcoin. Specifically, the company has revealed that the net proceeds from the sale of these $600 million convertible senior notes will be used to acquire additional Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The press release <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/microstrategy-announces-proposed-private-offering-210100893.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG1yWnnSexd3KAYKIXfcYRCE2HR40ZdzqlkJVNNpMgrNUQpeUXVsa69X8Rw02VI0-7A-6goWtXTX864lv3Bbll0rK4RMDfmayG_bCKtPCn4_cIyBBcKf5cF8r77WCBFNtZvoIB6J7rKey3ApuxBg9R3VOCZnuu5wGqvfTL8FjlY6#:~:text=MicroStrategy%20also%20expects%20to%20grant,principal%20amount%20of%20the%20notes.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted that<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cMicroStrategy also expects to grant to the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which the notes are first issued, up to an additional $90 million aggregate principal amount of the notes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>MicroStrategy\u2019s Bitcoin Bet Paying Off<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/bitcoin-news\/microstrategy-buys-more-bitcoin-much-profit-holds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to disclosures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, MicroStrategy now holds 193,000 bitcoins BTC acquired at an average purchase price of $31,554.00 per Bitcoin and a total cost of $6.09 billion. Interestingly, the company\u2019s bet on Bitcoin has paid off so far, with the value of its holdings <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/microstrategy-bitcoin-holdings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now past the $10 billion mark.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been a strong few months for the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency as institutional investors continue to invest in Bitcoin through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/these-new-spot-bitcoin-etfs-now-hold-nearly-of-btc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spot Bitcoin ETFs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Consequently, Bitcoin has gone on a spike this year, putting the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-profitability-reaches-97-for-the-first-time-in-over-2-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">majority of holders in profit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $66,780, up by 56% in the past 30 days. That means MicroStrategy\u2019s Bitcoin holding is now worth $12.9 billion and is at an unrealized profit of $6.815 billion. Bitcoin is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-soars-past-67000-as-whale-population-grows\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now on its way<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to breaking past its all-time high of $68,826.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MicroStrategy\u2019s bet on Bitcoin has also rubbed off positively on its stock price. Shares of MicroStrategy jumped 24% to $1,334 on Monday and are currently up by 94% since the beginning of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\">BTC price recovers above $66,800 | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/Tradingview.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BTCUSD on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>Featured image from Tekedia, chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MicroStrategy, the intelligence and software company known for its investment in Bitcoin, has released plans to double down on its holdings of the digital currency. Particularly, the company announced a private offering of $600 million worth of convertible senior notes due 2030 in order to stock up more Bitcoin. On the other hand, Bitcoin\u2019s price [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[335],"tags":[928,302,9054,2605,3579,1754,902,1175,2386,2739],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/wlsUDbTZ\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}