MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Balloons Above $10 Billion, Here’s How Much Profit It Has Made
February 28 2024 - 12:00PM
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MicroStrategy recently revealed that they had acquired an
additional 3,000 BTC this month, bringing its Bitcoin holdings to
193,000 BTC. Interestingly, BTC’s recent price surge caused these
holdings to cross the $10 billion mark, with the software company
currently sitting on a tremendous amount of unrealized
profits. MicroStrategy’s Unrealized Profit Reaches $5 Billion
As disclosed in the company’s filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), its BTC holdings have now been purchased
for an average price of $31,544. That means that MicroStrategy’s
Bitcoin investment is now at an unrealized profit of almost $5
billion, considering Bitcoin is trading just above $57,000.
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Reclaim $3.1 All-Time High? MicroStrategy’s ‘Bitcoin strategy,’
spearheaded by its co-founder Michael Saylor, began as far back as
2020 when the company started investing in the flagship crypto
token. Saylor saw this as a way to hedge against inflation and
diversify the company’s cash reserves. Since then, Saylor and his
company have continued to accumulate Bitcoin aggressively.
Saylor’s faith in Bitcoin was tested when the company’s investment
was at an unrealized loss during the height of the crypto winter
when BTC traded below the $30,000 price level. Despite that, Saylor
and MicroStrategy stayed true to their Bitcoin Strategy. Instead of
selling, they saw it as an opportunity to accumulate more BTC.
Saylor also recently made it clear that he and his company have no
intention of liquidating their BTC holdings anytime soon, stating
that “Bitcoin is the exit strategy.” This sentiment undoubtedly
provides a bullish narrative for the flagship crypto, especially
considering what could happen to the market if the company offloads
its Bitcoin. MicroStrategy is currently the largest corporate
holder of BTC and is leading the charge as institutional demand for
BTC continues to increase. This demand has mainly come from
the Spot Bitcoin ETFs, which together hold more BTC than
MicroStrategy combined. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Trading Volume
Surpass $2 Billion Again Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas revealed
that the newly listed Bitcoin ETFs once again surpassed the $2
billion mark on February 27. This was the second consecutive day
they achieved this, having recorded an all-time high of $2.4
billion in trading volume on February 26. Specifically, the world’s
largest asset manager, BlackRock, seems to be having a run of its
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Parabolic Breakout Above $3.5, Here’s When Balchunas noted that
BlackRock had broken its record again, with the iShares Bitcoin ETF
(IBIT) recording a trading volume of $1.3 billion on February 27.
The impressive demand for these funds is believed to be another
reason why BTC’s price has continued to rally. At the time of
writing, Bitcoin is trading at around $57,100, up in the last 24
hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. BTC adds
over $2,000 in six hours | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com
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