📅 January 12 | United States
While much of the market remains trapped in doubt, volatility, and the fear of a further correction, Michael Saylor is once again doing what he does best: buying Bitcoin without asking permission. This time, it's not a symbolic gesture or a marginal purchase. Strategy just absorbed another 13,627 BTC in a single week, consolidating a position that can no longer be considered simply a corporate strategy, but rather a structural bet against the traditional financial system.
📖Strategy confirmed in an 8-K filing with the SEC that it acquired 13,627 bitcoin between January 5 and 11 for approximately $1.25 billion, at an average price of $91,519 per BTC. With this purchase, the company increases its total holdings to 687,410 BTC, a figure that represents more than 3% of the maximum supply of 21 million bitcoin.
The total cumulative cost of these acquisitions amounts to approximately $51.8 billion, with a historical average price of $75,353 per bitcoin, implying unrealized gains of nearly $10.5 billion at current prices. In absolute terms, Strategy now controls a reserve valued at approximately $62.3 billion, a magnitude that already rivals the strategic reserves of many medium-sized central banks.
The purchase was financed through market sales of MSTR common shares and STRC perpetual preferred shares. During the past week, the firm sold nearly 6.83 million MSTR shares, raising around $1.13 billion, in addition to more than $119 million through the issuance of STRC. Strategy still has more than $10 billion in common share issuance capacity and several additional preferred share programs, all aligned with its ambitious plan to raise $84 billion in capital to continue buying bitcoin through 2027.
This latest round of purchases came just days after MSCI confirmed it would not immediately exclude Digital Asset Treasuries from its global indices. The decision cleared up months of uncertainty for Strategy and other companies with balance sheets heavily exposed to Bitcoin, as an exclusion would have forced massive passive selling by index funds.
Despite the size of its treasury, Strategy faces a complex stock market environment. Its market capitalization to net asset value ratio is around 0.81, meaning the market values the company below the value of the Bitcoin it holds. In other words, investors are assigning a discount to Strategy, reflecting concerns about dilution, volatility, and near-total dependence on the price of BTC.
Topic Opinion:
Michael Saylor is pushing the boundaries of what a public company can be, transforming Strategy into something more like a money market vehicle than a traditional technology firm. The stock discount reflects that the market still doesn't know how to value this model, but history tends to punish those who break the mold first.
💬 How far can this accumulation go before it breaks the market?
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