Компания Strategy приобрела биткоинов на 1,3 миллиарда долларов на фоне эскалации конфликта в Иране. Акции компании выросли. — Barrons.com

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By Mackenzie Tatananni

Strategy snapped up more than $1 billion worth of Bitcoin last week as fighting escalated in the Middle East and cryptocurrency prices wavered.

The company, which is the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, purchased 17,994 tokens for an aggregate price of $1.28 billion, or $70,946 apiece, between March 2 and March 8, according to a securities filing on Monday.

With this purchase, Strategy's holdings stand at to 738,731 Bitcoins acquired for an average price of $75,862 each.

The price of Bitcoin hovered around $68,979 on Monday, up 2.5% over the last 24 hours, according to CoinDesk. The token had held relative steady during the first few days of the war in Iran, but fell on Friday as the prospects for an extended conflict increased.

Strategy stock climbed 3.3% to $137.90. The three major indexes were in the red; the benchmark S&P 500 ticked 0.3% lower.

"The Second Century Begins," read a social media post from Strategy's chairman, Michael Saylor, on Sunday. His posts, which feature a chart of the company's previous Bitcoin buys, typically signal a coming update to its holdings.

Saylor has been an unshakable optimistic even as concerns grow over Strategy's bullish bet on Bitcoin and the viability of the company's crypto treasury.

The price of Bitcoin suffered its worst day since 2022 in early February. Around that time, Strategy posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $12.4 billion, significantly wider than the $670.8 million loss recorded a year earlier.

In its latest period, the company logged a $17.4 billion unrealized fair-value loss on its digital assets, in line with accounting rules that require companies to value their holdings at current market prices.

With Bitcoin trading below Strategy's average purchase price, investors have fretted a further drop might force the company to sell its holdings, which it has spent years accumulating in a bid to pivot from a software company to effectively an investment vehicle for crypto.

Strategy's approach to funding its Bitcoin purchases also has drawn scrutiny. The company has been a prolific issuer of preferred and common stock. Its latest securities filing shows it sold more than $1.27 billion worth of shares last week.

Write to Mackenzie Tatananni at mackenzie.tatananni@barrons.com

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