Strategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder, boosted its cash reserve by about $225 million last week after selling common stock, bolstering liquidity while leaving its bitcoin holdings unchanged.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of the firm, said on Monday that Strategy now holds a US dollar reserve of $3.225 billion along with its 843,775 BTC reserves.
A regulatory filing showed the company sold over 2.7 million MSTR shares for about $263.5 million through its stock program on the market.
MSTR was 1.2% higher at $96 in pre-market trading along with a slight increase in the price of bitcoin over the weekend to the current $64,700.
The latest update comes as Strategy has focused on rebuilding its cash buffer after its increasingly complex financing model and dividend-paying preferred stock structure came under pressure during the recent crypto market downturn.
Earlier this month, the company disclosed the sale of roughly $216 million worth of bitcoin, a rare reduction in its BTC holdings that marked its first significant sale after years of near-continuous accumulation. Before that, the firm approved a new bitcoin monetization program that included selling up to $1.25 billion of its BTC holdings to boost cash reserves and fund dividend payments.
Strategy remains the world’s largest bitcoin holder by a wide margin. At bitcoin’s current price of $64,700, its 843,775 BTC treasury is worth nearly $55 billion.
