Breaking: MicroStrategy Upsizes Notes Offering To Buy More Bitcoin, MSTR Stock Dips

Michael Saylor upsizes convertible notes offering from $700 million to $875 million by MicroStrategy to buy more Bitcoin. MSTR stock falls.
By Varinder Singh
Michael Saylor's Strategy Buys 130 More Bitcoin as Holdings Near 500K BTC

Highlights

  • MicroStrategy upsized convertible senior notes offering from $700 million to $875 million.
  • Michael Saylor indicates that the upsizing with help buy even more Bitcoin.
  • MSTR stock price and Bitcoin price fell.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, on Wednesday said the company has upsized convertible senior notes offering from $700 million to $875 million. This will help the company to buy even more Bitcoin. Meanwhile, MSTR stock price fell over 1% in response today.

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Michael Saylor Upsizes MicroStrategy Debt Offering to $875 Million

Virginia-based business intelligence firm MicroStrategy is now looking to raise $875 million through the sale of convertible senior notes at an interest rate of 0.625% per annum, MicroStrategy announced on September 18.

Michael Saylor took to X to reach out to the wider crypto community about upsizing the notes offering to buy even more Bitcoin. On Monday, the company announced plans to offer a private offering of $700 million in convertible senior notes.

The company estimates that the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be approximately $864.1 million, of which some will be used for buying Bitcoin and other general corporate purposes. The proceeds can even reach $997.4 million if the initial purchasers use the option to purchase additional notes. The conversion rate for the notes is 5.4589 shares of MicroStrategy class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes.

The move comes after the company acquired 18,300 BTC worth $1.11 billion. MicroStrategy’s total BTC holding has increased to 244,800 BTC valued at $9.45 billion, which accounts for $38,585 per BTC. The firm has achieved a BTC Yield of 4.4% QTD and 17.0% YTD. The current profit is $4.71 billion.

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MSTR Stock Dips Amid Uncertainty Ahead of Fed Rate Cuts

The MicroStrategy shares were trading around $129.38 at the time of writing, down nearly 1.44%. MSTR stock price closed 2.42% lower at $131.27 on Tuesday. Moreover, the price is down 3% in a month.

Meanwhile, BTC price pared earlier gains and currently trades at $59,875. The 24-hour low and high are $58,901 and $61,316, respectively. Furthermore, the trading volume has increased by 35% ahead of the expected 50 bps interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

In the derivatives market, total BTC futures open interest increased 2% in the last 24 hours, indicating a slight buying activity among futures traders. As per Coinglass data, the 530.99K BTC OI is valued at $31.92 billion.

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