MicroStrategy Increases Bitcoin Holdings by 6,911 BTC, Now Owns Over 500,000 BTC

Nature seems to be healing now that Michael Saylor's Strategy has announced the acquisition of 6,911 additional Bitcoin (BTC)

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) has announced the purchase of an additional 6,911 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average price of around US$84,529 (AU$134,547) per coin. This brings the company’s total holdings to over 500,000 BTC, with a current position of 506,137 BTC acquired for roughly US$33.7B (AU$53B) at an average price of about US$66,608 (AU$106,505) per BTC.

This is a significantly higher purchase than the one made last week when Strategy was outstripped by its Japanese version, MetaPlanet.

Earlier this month, Michael Saylor’s company unveiled its plan to sell stock and raise debt in a bid to buy more Bitcoin during the market downturn. This capital raise is part of the company’s “21/21 plan” and involves issuing 8% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock - a funding mechanism that allows Strategy to raise significant capital without a fixed repayment timeline.

According to the SEC filing, Strategy funded this BTC acquisition using proceeds from its “Common ATM” and “STRK ATM” programs.

Between March 17 and March 23, the company sold 1,975,000 shares of its Class A common stock, generating net proceeds of about US$592M (AU$942M), along with 13,100 shares of its 8.00% Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock, which netted over US1M (AU$1.57M).

Data from BitcoinTreasuries.net indicates that Strategy now owns more than 2% of the global circulating Bitcoin supply, a significant share compared to other major holders like MARA Holdings (NYSE:MARA), Riot Platforms (NYSE:RIOT), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), each of which controls less than 1%.