UpdatesSep 11, 2022

Microstrategy continues to buy Bitcoins

Saylor will allocate $ 500 million in this round to the purchase of BTC

MicroStrategy, a famous American computer software producer that has become a corporate Bitcoin treasury (BTC), plans to sell its shares worth as much as 500 million dollars to finance more purchases of the oldest cryptocurrency. All this financial operation is a sign that Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has no plans to back down from his bold BTC accumulation plan, despite stepping down from CEO. The BTC / USD exchange rate hovers slightly above $ 21,000 per coin on Sunday

The deal means executive chairman Michael Saylor is not backing down from his bold strategy

Friday's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed Microstrategy's offer to sell shares. The official announcement issued by Microstrategy states that the funds raised will be used for "general corporate purposes, including the purchase of Bitcoins."

This is the first tangible sign that Michael Saylor, who recently stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman and focus on buying Bitcoin, is not backing down from his bold plan to turn MicroStrategy into a leveraged Bitcoin holding company. Microstrategy's overall strategy is to closely correlate its own shares with the performance of the historically first cryptocurrency. It is worth adding here that since 2020 Saylor has used the money raised from the sale of stocks and bonds to purchase about 130,000 BTC worth over $ 2 billion.

Merging Microstrategy shares with BTC quotes

The effect of Michael Saylor's two-year strategy is that MicroStrategy shares have been strongly correlated with Bitcoin's price - which, with this year's decline in BTC quotes, resulted in a loss of $ 1.2 billion. On Friday, stocks rose 12% and the BTC / USD rate jumped almost 10%. However, following the announcement of the sale, the company's shares fell by around 1.5%.