MicroStrategy has emerged as one of the biggest winners from Bitcoin’s recent bullish trend, and the analytics provider has secured billions in profits after ignoring naysayers to make a long-term bet on Bitcoin.
MicroStrategy Huge Bitcoin Bet Hits Gold
Leading provider of business analytics and mobility software, MicroStrategy is riding the early wave of the expected Bitcoin bull run. The analytics provider has seen profits on its multibillion-dollar BTC bet soar to $2 billion, following Bitcoin’s surge from below $38,000 over the weekend to over $41,000 this week.
According to Simply Bitcoin is a X (formerly Twitter) Michael Saylor, the former CEO and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, has revealed approximately 174,530 BTC in the company’s stock. BTC wallet. This makes the business intelligence company the largest company today Bitcoin holder worldwide.
In late November, Saylor announced that the company had done so bought another $593.3 million worth of Bitcoin at an average price of $36,785 per BTC. As Bitcoin skyrocketed to a high of $41,000 this week, the company has made a profit of $11,460 per Bitcoin with an average price of $30,252 on its massive Bitcoin stash..
Not only has the company benefited immensely from its large-scale Bitcoin investments, but… MicroStrategy shares (MSTR) rose 8.2% after purchasing in November. MSTR Shares traded more than 4% higher on Monday and the current market capitalization is $8.18 billion. Shares are up 6.74% at the time of writing Bitcoin still maintains its positive sentiment, even more gains can be made in the future.
BTC bulls maintain control on price | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com
Bitcoin claims the 10th spot in global asset market capitalization
After his spike to $41,000Bitcoin’s position in the top capitalization of global asset markets has risen significantly, surpassing the formidable Berkshire Hathaway, an American multinational conglomerate led by billionaire investor Warren Buffet.
According to Data on market capitalization of companies, Berkshire Hathaway’s market capitalization is approximately $776.75 billion at the time of writing, down 0.11%. Unlike, Bitcoin’s market capitalization is up 0.43% to $816.30 billion.
The cryptocurrency is a few billion away from surpassing Meta Platforms (Facebook), which has a market cap of $822.40 billion and ranks 9th on the list of top asset market caps.
Bitcoin is currently ranked 10th in the world by market capitalization. The cryptocurrency’s price spike was caused by a multitude of factors, including its possible adoption Discover Bitcoin ETFsthe hopeful sentiment surrounding the US interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, and the upcoming ones Bitcoin will halve in 2024.
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