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.

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

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.

That all changed in 2020, when MicroStrategy's co-founder and then-CEO Michael Saylor directed it to buy 21,454 Bitcoin s ( BTC 4.66%) for $250 million. It then accumulated more Bitcoin each year, and it held 450,000 Bitcoins as of Jan. 13.

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

Microstrategy has increased its Bitcoin holdings after completing a recent purchase involving 11,000 Bitcoin. The company announced on Tuesday it had purchased the digital assets for an approximate price of 1.

If bitcoin goes to the moon, a niche group of convertible-bond investors will win out. If the crypto tanks, they can ask for their money back early.

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