<![CDATA[<figure class="image"><img src="https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/bitcoin-2007769-1280.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_1280_898.jpg 1280w, https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_1200_842.jpg 1200w, https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_900_631.jpg 900w, https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_720_505.jpg 720w, https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_600_421.jpg 600w, https://cimg.co/news/125498/331417/responsive-images/bitcoin-2007769-1280___media_library_original_300_210.jpg 300w" sizes="100vw" width="1280" class="content-img"><figcaption>Source: Pixabay / Michael Wuensch</figcaption></figure>Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy (MSTR), the world&rsquo;s leading corporate <a href="https://cryptonews.com/guides/bitcoin/">Bitcoin</a> holder, has purchased an additional 5,445 BTC through August and September.The company announced Monday that it has acquired $147.3 million worth of the world&rsquo;s largest <a href="https://cryptonews.com/guides/cryptocurrency/">cryptocurrency</a> at an average price of $27,053 per Bitcoin &ldquo;inclusive of fees and expenses,&rdquo; per its <a href="https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/financial-documents/microstrategy-acquires-additional-5445-bitcoins-and-now-holds-158245-btc_9-25-2023">latest filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<figure class="media"><oembed url="https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1706278284651077714"></oembed></figure><blockquote>&ldquo;As of September 24, 2023, MicroStrategy, together with its subsidiaries, held an aggregate of approximately 158,245 bitcoins, which were acquired at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4.68 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $29,582 per bitcoin, inclusive of fees and expenses.&rdquo;</blockquote>The filing further noted that MicroStrategy entered into a sales agreement last month with Cowen and Company, Canaccord Genuity and Berenberg Capital Markets as sales agents, to sell shares worth up to $750 million.As of Sunday, the agents issued and sold an aggregate of 403,362 shares for net proceeds to MicroStrategy of approximately $147.3 million.<h2 style="text-align:justify;" id="mstr-bitcoin-investments-suffered">MSTR Bitcoin Investments Suffered</h2>MicroStrategy&rsquo;s Bitcoin investments suffered an unrealized loss of more than $600 million in August, following <a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/bitcoin-bears-eye-retest-of-key-25000-support-how-far-might-btc-price-fall.htm">BTC&rsquo;s price crash</a> to around $25,000. However, Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy&rsquo;s chairman, has repeatedly noted that the company would not sell its holdings.&ldquo;Our strategy is to buy and hold Bitcoin, and the key for us is to be consistent, transparent and responsible in the pursuit of that strategy,&rdquo; he said in a CNBC interview, early this year.
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Breaking: MicroStrategy Acquires Additional 5,445 BTC, Adding to a Total of 158,245 Bitcoins

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