Strategy Raises $334M Through Stock Sales but Buys No Bitcoin
Strategy used most of the proceeds to repurchase STRC shares, fund dividends and add about $150 million to its U.S. dollar reserve.
- Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy raised $333.7 million last week through the sale of 3.46 million MSTR shares between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Proceeds from the sale funded $52.4 million in STRC dividends and $132.2 million in repurchases of the same preferred security during the week.
- With no Bitcoin purchases or sales during the week, Strategy's reserve remained at 840,447 BTC while $149.1 million was added to its USD reserve.
- Strategy's total USD reserve reached $4.8 billion as of Aug. 16, extending its duration to 2.8 years, with $1 billion available under its MSTR repurchase program.
- MSTR shares rose 1.3% in premarket trading while Bitcoin gained more than 1% to trade near $63,500, though STRC was down 0.12% according to Yahoo Finance.
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Strategy Raises $334 Million and Buys No Bitcoin With It for an Eighth Straight Week
“No bitcoin purchases or sales were made this week,” Strategy said in a Form 8-K filed Monday. The company neither bought nor sold bitcoin between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, and every dollar it raised selling stock went to servicing its preferred shares instead. The company sold 3,458,866 MSTR shares for $333.7 million in net proceeds, about $96.48 a share after commissions. It sent $52.4 million to dividends on its STRC preferred stock, $132.2 millio…
Strategy skips Bitcoin purchase after raising $333.7M from MSTR sales
Strategy has raised $333.7 million through common stock sales without buying or selling Bitcoin last week, leaving its holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC. According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 17, Strategy…
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