MicroStrategy Buys Bitcoin With Leverage And Record Volumes

MicroStrategy, a global business analytics and software company, bought Bitcoin for a record $4.6 billion and announced plans to use the capital markets to further accelerate its acquisition of the cryptocurrency.

  • Michael Saylor, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of MicroStrategy, believes in the future rise of Bitcoin. Photo: Reuters/Scanpix

Since MicroStrategy’s strategy is to buy digital assets, the company acquired about 51,780 Bitcoins between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. This was preceded by the purchase of over 27,000 Bitcoins between October 31 and November 10 and two large purchases in September. This means that the company now owns the said cryptocurrency for 30 billion dollars, according to Yahoo finance.

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