Strategy returns to bitcoin buys, adding $75 million of BTC last week
- Strategy added 950 bitcoin last week, its first weekly purchases since late August.
- The company funded the buys with its USD reserve and USD cash.
- Shares are higher early Monday by 7%, with bitcoin trading around $84,500.
Strategy MSTR$165.48·Market Closed made its first bitcoin purchase since late August, acquiring 950 BTC for $75.7 million last week at an average price of $79,670 per coin.
The purchase was funded through the USD reserve, according to a Monday morning regulatory filing. Strategy used $174 million of USD cash to fund repurchases of STRC and $75.7 million of USD cash to buy bitcoin. In addition, the company used $57.4 million of the USD reserve to fund the payment of dividends on its preferred stock. The USD reserve now sits at $5 billion and the USD cash sits at $1 billion.
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy now holds 846,000 BTC, acquired for a total of $63.81 billion at an average price of $74,417 per coin.
MSTR shares rose 7% in pre-market trading as bitcoin climbed to $84,500, gaining 4.5% over the past 24 hours.