{"id":37993,"date":"2025-01-22T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=37993"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:00:54","slug":"microstrategy-expands-its-bitcoin-empire-acquires-11000-btc-for-1-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=37993","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy Expands Its Bitcoin Empire: Acquires 11,000 BTC For $1.1 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, tech giant MicroStrategy purchased an additional 11,000 Bitcoin (BTC)\u00a0 for approximately $1.1 billion, as disclosed by its chair and co-founder Michael Saylor in a social media post <\/a>on X (formerly Twitter).\u00a0<\/p>\n

This acquisition marks the company\u2019s 11th consecutive week of Bitcoin purchases, reinforcing its status as a significant player in the digital currency space. Saylor has been at the forefront of this strategy, positioning the enterprise software company as a leveraged Bitcoin proxy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MicroStrategy Bitcoin Holdings Surge<\/h2>\n

According to Microstrategy\u2019s filing <\/a>with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm acquired the Bitcoin at an average price of about $101,191 per token between January 13 and January 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With this latest purchase, the firm now holds over 2% of all Bitcoin that will ever be mined, representing approximately $47.9 billion in total Bitcoin holdings. MicroStrategy has been funding these acquisitions through a combination of at-the-market stock sales<\/a> and convertible debt offerings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The timing of this latest purchase aligns with a broader shift in the regulatory environment under President Donald Trump, who has transitioned from being a crypto skeptic to a supporter of the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This change is expected to create a more favorable regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, prompting Saylor and MicroStrategy to accelerate their capital goals<\/a> and Bitcoin buying efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ahead of Trump\u2019s inauguration, the firm\u2019s co-founder even attended the first ever \u201cCrypto Ball\u201d in Washington on Friday, where he engaged with key figures in the incoming administration.<\/p>\n

New Shares To Support BTC Strategy
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In a related development, MicroStrategy shareholders voted <\/a>also on Tuesday to approve a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of authorized Class A common shares, raising it from 330 million to 10.3 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a Bloomberg report, this decision, which passed with around 56% of the vote, is designed to facilitate further financing for the company\u2019s Bitcoin purchases. Additionally, shareholders voted to increase the authorized shares of preferred stock from 5 million to 1 billion.<\/p>\n

These amendments will take effect once MicroStrategy files the necessary certificate of amendment<\/a> with the Delaware Secretary of State. The report notes that with Chairman Saylor holding about 47% of the voting power, the outcome was largely anticipated.<\/p>\n

The newly authorized shares will also be utilized for various financial strategies, including private transactions of Class A stock, sales of at-the-market equity offerings, and settling redemptions or conversions of convertible notes. However, the company has indicated that it may choose not to sell all of the additional shares.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Bitcoin continues to experience significant price volatility, with its price hinting at a new record high. It is currently trading at $106,400, representing a 2.5% increase in the 24-hour time frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, tech giant MicroStrategy purchased an additional 11,000 Bitcoin (BTC)\u00a0 for approximately $1.1 billion, as disclosed by its chair and co-founder Michael Saylor in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter).\u00a0 This acquisition marks the company\u2019s 11th consecutive week of Bitcoin purchases, reinforcing its status as a significant player in the digital currency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}