Bitcoin has been rising during a month that has historically been bearish for the asset. Strategy, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, bought 950 Bitcoin for nearly $76 million over the past week, according to its latest financial disclosure. The purchase marked the company’s first Bitcoin acquisition in roughly three weeks and lifted Strategy’s total holdings to 846,000 Bitcoin. It coincided with the price of Bitcoin surging more than 6% over the past 24 hours to nearly $86,000, and led to a jump in Strategy shares of nearly 9% to $167.
The rise in Strategy’s share price was also helped by the company spending $174 million to repurchase STRC, its dividend-paying preferred shares. Strategy, led by the flamboyant billionaire Michael Saylor, is an outsize player in the Bitcoin market as it holds around 4% of the total supply.
