Another Week, Another Bitcoin Buy: Strategy Adds 390 BTC

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has continued its routine of weekly BTC buys with a fresh acquisition worth $43.4 ￰0￱ Has Added Another 390 BTC To Its Bitcoin Reserves As announced by Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor in an X post , the treasury company has made another expansion to its ￰1￱ latest purchase involved 390 BTC, acquired at an average price of $111,053 per ￰2￱ total, the buy cost the firm $43.4 ￰3￱ acquisition follows one day after Saylor made the usual Sunday post with Strategy’s Bitcoin portfolio ￰4￱ time, the chairman used the caption, “It’s Orange Dot Day.” According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company funded the latest purchase using sales of its STRK and STRD at-the-market (ATM) stock ￰5￱ the buy, the Bitcoin treasury firm now holds 640,808 BTC with a cost basis of $47.44 ￰6￱ the current exchange rate, these holdings are worth $73.93 billion, putting the company in a profit of about 55.8% Last week, Strategy made an acquisition worth just $18.8 million, so this week’s buy is certainly a step up, but when compared to purchases from earlier in the year, it’s still not too ￰7￱ community analyst Maartunn has discussed in an X thread why Strategy’s accumulation has slowed down ￰8￱ has noted that capital is becoming harder to raise for the company, as its equity issuance premiums have dropped from 208% to just 4%.

The firm’s stock price is also 50% down compared to its all-time high (ATH). Bitcoin itself is also trading below its ATH, but in its case, the drawdown is currently nowhere near as ￰9￱ Strategy’s buying has seen a slowdown in terms of scale recently, it has nonetheless been regularly accumulating, cementing its place as by far the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the ￰10￱ some other news, the supply of the largest stablecoin in the world, USDT , has been witnessing some sharp growth, as Maartunn has pointed out in another X ￰11￱ the above chart, it’s visible that USDT’s market cap has witnessed a highly positive 60-day change, indicating a large amount of capital has flowed into the stablecoin during the last two ￰12￱ growth has been sharp enough to be notably above the 30-day simple moving average (SMA).

The analyst has noted that this kind of trend is “historically linked to short-term BTC upside.” BTC Price Bitcoin has enjoyed a recovery surge over the last couple of days as its price has returned to the $115,500 level.