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Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys 130 Bitcoin, Establishes $1.44B Reserve For Dividend Payments

Boluwatife Adeyemi
48 minutes ago Updated 27 minutes ago
Boluwatife Adeyemi is a well-experienced crypto news writer and editor with a focus on macro topics, crypto policy and regulation and the intersection between DeFi and TradFi. He has a knack for simplifying the most technical concepts and making them easy for crypto newbies to understand. Boluwatife is also a lawyer, who holds a law degree from the University of Ibadan. He also holds a certification in Digital Marketing. Away from writing, he is an avid basketball lover, a traveler, and a part-time degen.
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Highlights

  • Strategy bought 130 Bitcoin between November 17 and 30.
  • The company now holds 650,000 BTC.
  • Strategy has announced a USD reserve for dividend payments.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, previously known as MicroStrategy, has made another Bitcoin purchase despite the panic in the crypto market and the current BTC price action. This latest purchase also comes as the MSTR stock continues its decline, down over 5% today in premarket trading.

Strategy Buys 130 Bitcoin for $11.7 Million

In a press release, the company announced that it acquired 130 BTC for $11.7 million at an average price of $89,960 per Bitcoin and has achieved a BTC yield of 27.8% year-to-date (YTD). It now holds 650,000 BTC, which it acquired for $48.38 billion at an average price of $74,436 per Bitcoin.

As CoinGape reported, Saylor had hinted at another Bitcoin buy yesterday in his conventional Sunday X post. He posted the company’s portfolio tracker with the caption, “What if we start adding green dots?” which indicated that they had again resumed buying BTC just after a week’s hiatus.

Strategy didn’t buy any Bitcoin two weeks ago after it made one of its largest purchases the previous week. The company had purchased 8,178 BTC for $836 million, funding the purchase through its STRE offering.

Meanwhile, this latest purchase comes as the crypto market sentiment slips into fear, following the BTC price crash below $90,000 yesterday. CoinMarketCap data shows that the ‘Fear and Greed’ Index is at 20, which signals panic among market participants.

CMC Fear and Greed Index
Source: CoinMarketCap

Strategy already indicated it plans to keep accumulating Bitcoin even if the flagship crypto enters a bear market. The company recently alluded to the 2022 crypto winter and how it kept buying BTC even when the crypto’s price fell below their average purchase price.

Meanwhile, the MSTR stock is also on the decline alongside Bitcoin. TradingView data shows that the stock is down over 5% today, trading at around $168 in premarket trading.

MSTR Daily Chart
Source: TradingView

USD Reserve For Dividend Payments On Preferred Stocks

Strategy announced that it has established a USD reserve of $1.44 billion to support the payment of dividends on its preferred stock and interest on its outstanding indebtedness. This comes just after the company’s CEO, Phong Le, stated that they might have to sell some of their BTC holdings if the mNAV falls below one and they are unable to raise capital for dividend payments.

However, he also mentioned that selling their Bitcoin would be their last resort. Meanwhile, the company revealed that it funded the USD reserves using proceeds from the sale of shares of the MSTR stock under its at-the-market (ATM) offering program. The SEC filing shows that the company sold 8.2 million shares and raised net proceeds of almost $1.5 billion, which it used to set up the reserve and fund the latest BTC purchase.

Strategy SEC Filing
Source: Strategy SEC Filing

Strategy intends to maintain the USD reserve in an amount sufficient to fund at least twelve months of dividends. It also intends to strengthen the reserve over time, to ultimately cover 24 months or more of its dividends.

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Boluwatife Adeyemi is a well-experienced crypto news writer and editor with a focus on macro topics, crypto policy and regulation and the intersection between DeFi and TradFi. He has a knack for simplifying the most technical concepts and making them easy for crypto newbies to understand. Boluwatife is also a lawyer, who holds a law degree from the University of Ibadan. He also holds a certification in Digital Marketing. Away from writing, he is an avid basketball lover, a traveler, and a part-time degen.
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