MicroStrategy (MSTR), the biggest corporate bitcoin owner, has seen its holdings surge past $10 billion, making a profit of more than $4 billion, as the price of bitcoin (BTC) has increased to just under $53,000.
MicroStrategy possessed 190,000 bitcoins at the end of January, which were bought for a total of $5.93 billion, or $31,224 per coin, according to the company’s most recent investor presentation. In 2020, MicroStrategy started buying bitcoin in the second quarter and has since bought more tokens each quarter. The business had an almost $2 billion profit in December of last year, but since then, it has doubled because of bitcon’s more than 20% gain since the beginning of 2024.
The value of MSTR’s holdings increased to little over $10 billion and its profit to over $4 billion after Bitcoin surged to $52,800 early on Thursday morning. Since then, the price has somewhat declined; as of the time of writing, it was at $52,000.
According to Michael Saylor, executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy, the listing of spot bitcoin ETFs has created a large supply/demand imbalance, which is driving up the price of the token. This imbalance is a result of a decade-long need for a retail accessible bitcoin product.