Their biggest backers include an unlikely group of insurance companies, mutual funds and other usually conservative bond investors.The software company turned itself into a bitcoin whale and now owns some $48 billion of the cryptocurrency.

When you think of companies that rival Amazon (AMZN) in size and scope, MicroStrategy (MSTR) isn’t the first name that comes to mind. Yet the software company turned Bitcoin powerhouse is about to join the ranks of tech giants like Amazon,

Buying $1000 In MSTR: If an investor had bought $1000 of MSTR stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $51,323.25 today based on a price of $371.07 for MSTR at the time of writing.

In the week ending Jan 19, the company purchased 11,000 BTC for $1.1 billion, taking its total holdings to 461,000 BTC. This latest bitcoin average purchase price was $101,191, increasing MicroStrategy's overall average purchase price to $63,610.

MicroStrategy—which almost exclusively focuses on securitizing Bitcoin—last year announced a “21/21 Plan” to raise $46 billion to buy even more Bitcoin. The plan would see the firm raise $21 billion via equity, with another $21 billion coming by selling fixed income securities.

The shareholders behind MicroStrategy have voted to dramatically increase the number of shares in a bid to raise funds for additional Bitcoin (BTC).

MicroStrategy shareholders approves major increase in the company’s authorized shares, expanding from 330M to 10.3B for BTC acquisitions.

The software-intelligence company turned bitcoin-holding entity said Monday it bought $1.1 billion of bitcoin between Jan. 13 and Jan. 20. MicroStrategy said it bought 11,000 bitcoins. It paid an average of $101,

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MicroStrategy shares closed down Wednesday, due to a decline in Bitcoin's price, which dropped 1.73% to $104,313.65.

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