Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Purchases, Takes Holdings to 478,740 BTC

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By James Van Straten|Edited by Sheldon Reback

Feb 10, 2025, 1:00 p.m. UTC

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

What to know:

  • Strategy bought another 7,633 BTC.
  • The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, now holds 478,740 BTC.

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of Strategy (MSTR).

Strategy (MSTR) increased its bitcoin (BTC) holdings to 478,740BTC after last week’s pause with the purchase of $742.4 million worth of the largest cryptocurrency

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The Tysons Corner, Virginia company formerly known as MicroStrategy bought 7,633BTC in the week ended Feb. 9, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted on X. The average purchase price was $97,255 per bitcoin, which raised the overall average purchase price to $65,033

The company didn’t buy any bitcoin in the week ended Feb. 2, most likely because it was observing a blackout period during its earnings week. On Feb. 6, the company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $3.03 per share, compared with income of $0.50 per share a year earlier.

Saylor teased the purchase announcement once again on Sunday, as he has for the past few months: “Death to the blue lines. Long live the green dots.”

James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin’s role within the broader financial system.
In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).

James Van Straten

 

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