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Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying, adding $370 million in BTC

Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying, adding $370 million in BTC

The company is holding onto more than $2 billion in untapped Bitcoin gains.

Strategy has resumed buying Bitcoin after pausing new purchases for about 10 weeks.

According to a filing released on Monday, the largest crypto treasury added 4,603 BTC for approximately $370 million between Aug. 24 and Aug. 30, bringing its total holdings to 845,050 BTC worth about $66 billion.

The company paid an average of $80,318 per Bitcoin for the latest purchase. Its Bitcoin holdings have generated more than $2 billion in unrealized gains.

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Strategy buys 4,603 Bitcoin for $370 million

The latest acquisition was financed through Strategy’s MSTR at-the-market offering. Last week, the company sold about 4.5 million MSTR shares and received nearly $603 million in net proceeds.

Strategy allocated nearly $370 million of those proceeds to Bitcoin, $152 million to repurchase STRC preferred stock, more than $50 million to STRC dividend payments and $30 million to its USD Cash liquidity account.

Alongside the Bitcoin purchases, Strategy bought back over 1.5 million STRC shares. The company said almost $365 million of capacity remained under its preferred-stock repurchase program, while its MSTR repurchase program had $1 billion remaining.

Strategy ended the week with $5.1 billion in USD Reserve and $1.6 billion in USD Cash. The reserve is designed to cover preferred-stock dividends and interest obligations, while the cash pool can support Bitcoin acquisitions and other treasury and capital-management needs.

Strategy shares ticked higher premarket following the announcement, while Bitcoin gave up an earlier gain after briefly advancing. The digital asset changed hands at above $78,000 at press time.

Disclosure: This article was edited by Vivian Nguyen. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.

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