The American company Strategy announced the acquisition of 6222 bitcoins from July 14 to 20. The average purchase price was $ 118 940 per coin. Michael Saylor, the former Microstrategy, remains the largest public holder of bitcoins.

The company said that its wallets are 607 770 BTCthat is, 3% of the total issue of the first cryptocurrency. Since 2020, the company spent more than $ 43 billion on bitcoins with an average purchase cost of $ 71,755 per BTC.

After the June purchase of bitcoins by $ 472 million, the company’s shares increased by 20%. The yield of bitcoin investments reached +66% since the beginning of the year and exceeded $ 30 billion. This amount exceeds the debt obligations of Strategy for bonds, which attracts capital for the purchase of cryptocurrency. The last purchase of 6222 bitcoins was funded thanks to the emission of ordinary and privileged shares of the company.

Simultaneously with the increase in the positions of Strategy, the senior vice-president of Wei-Ming Shao reduced its share in the company, selling 10,900 regular shares at a price of $ 4.9 million.

Earlier, Michael Saylor proposed to the Federal Housing Department of the USA (FHFA) to issue permission to use the first cryptocurrency as the subject of the pledge when issuing loans for mortgages.