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MicroStrategy Bought 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M

The business-intelligence software company said it owned 121,044 bitcoins as of Nov. 29, worth about $3.6 billion.

Updated May 11, 2023, 5:49 p.m. Published Nov 29, 2021, 1:33 p.m.
Michael Saylor Defends MicroStrategy's Aggressive Bitcoin Buys
Michael Saylor Defends MicroStrategy's Aggressive Bitcoin Buys

MicroStrategy said it bought 7,002 bitcoins for about $414 million in cash during its fiscal fourth quarter.

  • The company bought bitcoins during the quarter for an average price of about $59,000, it said in a statement.
  • The largest crypto currency by market capitalization was trading around $57,326 on Monday.
  • MicroStrategy now holds 121,044 bitcoins worth about $3.6 billion with an average purchase price of about $29,534 each.
  • CEO Michael Saylor has made bitcoin acquisition a second mandate for his 32-year-old company. Its other business is developing business-intelligence software.

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  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

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  • The bankruptcy administrator of Terraform Labs is suing Jump Trading for allegedly profiting from and contributing to a $40 billion crash.
  • Todd Snyder, responsible for winding down Terraform Labs, seeks $4 billion in damages from Jump Trading and its executives.
  • Terraform Labs collapsed in 2022 after its stablecoin TerraUSD lost its dollar peg, leading to a market crash and the downfall of its sister token, Luna.