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Strategy, Formerly MicroStrategy, Bolsters Bitcoin Holdings with $742 Million Purchase – CryptoMode

Strategy, the business intelligence firm previously known as MicroStrategy, has further cemented its position as a the leading corporate holder of Bitcoin (BTC) with a substantial purchase of 7,633 BTC for roughly $742.4 million.

The company revealed it acquired approximately 7,633 bitcoins for roughly $742.4 million in cash between February 3 and February 9, 2025 at an average price of $97,255 per bitcoin including fees and expenses in a new filing.

The move came after a brief pause in the firm’s weekly BTC purchases and underscores its commitment to the flagship cryptocurrency. Strategy now holds 478,740 bitcoin acquired for around $31.1 billion at an average price of $65,033 per coin.

Per the firm’s founder and chairman, Michael Saylor, it has achieved a BTC Yield of 4.1% so far this year.

The company’s Bitcoin Yield metric is used to gauge how effective its BTC accumulation strategy is. Rather than representing yield obtained on its BTC holdings, it represents the percentage change in the ratio between its BTC holdings and assumed diluted shares outstanding.

Strategy’s Bitcoin Purchases Financed Through Share Offering

Strategy tapped into a previously established sales agreement to offload 516,413 shares during the same period of BTC accumulation, generating net proceeds of approximately $179 million after commissions.

As of February 9, the company still maintains the capacity to issue and sell up to $4.17 billion worth of shares under this agreement. Furthermore, the company successfully completed its public offering of 7.3 million shares of its 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock on February 5, known as the STRK Offering.

Priced at $80.00 per share, the offering is expected to yield net proceeds of around $563.4 million, after accounting for underwriting fees and other expenses.

The business intelligence firm first started accumulating Bitcoin more than four years ago, in August 2020, when it made an initial investment of around $250 million to buy 21,454 BTC. It then became the first publicly-traded company to adopt a Bitcoin allocation strategy.

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