{"id":114930,"date":"2021-03-01T15:37:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=114930"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:37:41","slug":"microstrategy-buys-more-bitcoin-btc-now-back-above-48000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/bitcoin\/microstrategy-buys-more-bitcoin-btc-now-back-above-48000\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy Buys More Bitcoin, $BTC Now Back Above $48,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Monday (March 1), Nasdaq-listed\u00a0business intelligence company\u00a0MicroStrategy Inc.\u00a0(NASDAQ: MSTR)\u00a0lent some much-needed confidence to the crypto market by announcing the purchase of more Bitcoin for its corporate treasury.<\/p>\n
Here is how Michael J. Saylor, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of\u00a0MicroStrategy, announced that his company had \u201cpurchased an additional ~328 bitcoins for ~$15.0 million in cash at an average price of ~$45,710 per bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n
This brings the total number of bitcoins that MicroStrategy is now HODLing to 90,859.<\/p>\n
According to data by TradingView, minutes later (at 13:16 UTC) on crypto exchange Bitstamp, the Bitcoin price reached $48,521, which is the current intraday high.<\/p>\n
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