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MicroStrategy buys 27,200 BTC worth over $2 billion; Bitcoin spikes above $84k

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MicroStrategy, the business intelligence company founded by Michael Saylor that;s now the biggest corporate holder of Bitcoin (BTC), has added to its haul of the digital asset.

On Monday, Saylor announced that the publicly-traded company had acquired another 27,200 BTC for over $2 billion. The news coincided with the surge in Bitcoin price &- which reached a new all-time high above $84k.

Earlier, the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency had traded to above $82k. This follows sentiment from the Donald Trump election victory, which continues to create a bullish buzz.

MicroStrategy its $22 billion in BTC purchases

The latest Bitcoin purchase for MicroStrategy comes after the company raised $2.03 billion. Earlier, MicroStrategy had revealed plans to raise $42 billion to buy more bitcoins &- a scenario that has added to the overall bullish sentiment around the benchmark cryptocurrency.

Saylor said his company spent these proceeds on buying an additional 27,200 BTC. With this acquisition, which was finalized at the average price of $74,463, MicroStrategy now has a total of 279,420 bitcoins.

In total, the company has spent $11.9 billion to buy BTC at the average price of $42,692 per coin. At current price of $84,153, MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin holdings amount to over $23.5 billion.

The BTC has achieved a yield of 7.3% quarter to date and 26.4% year-to-date.

“Our MSTR treasury operations in the first 10 days of November resulted in a BTC Yield of 7.3%, a net benefit to our shareholders of ~18,410 BTC,” Saylor posted on X.

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