Bitcoin, a digital currency, has revolutionized the financial landscape since its introduction in 2009. It operates on a decentralized network, utilizing blockchain technology to ensure security and transparency. This innovative currency has attracted a wide range of investors. Its value has seen remarkable highs and lows, making it a focal point of investment discussions.Bitcoin mining stocks represent companies involved in the process of validating transactions and securing the blockchain. Investing in th ...

Stock splits are mostly a magician's flourish for investors. They do not change the substance of the stock being split but somehow make everything seem more accessible and, by some measures, more exciting.You're simply cutting the same business ownership into a different number of slices, usually increasing the share count and lowering stock prices. The total value of the stock itself or the holdings in your brokerage account remains the same. For instance, let's say you own a stock priced at $400 per share ...

In the short term, the approval of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) created a massive downturn for the world’s foremost cryptocurrency and for the crypto market as a whole, as it wiped $100 billion in less than a week.Additionally, the shares of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), a company that tied its fate to that of BTC four years ago, also saw their price gutted as they fell 20% in the first 48 hours after the SEC officially unveiled its decision.Early February, however, brought about a major ...

MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 6, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Shirish Jajodia - VP of IR and Treasury Phong Le - President and CEO Andrew Kang - Senior EVP and CFO Michael Saylor - Executive Chairman Conference Call Participants Shirish Jajodia Hello, everyone, and good evening. I'm Shirish Jajodia, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasury at MicroStrategy. I'll be your moderator for MicroStrategy's 2023 Fourth Quarter Earnings Webinar. B ...

Capital Raised for Bitcoin Purchases (Gross Proceeds in $M) Equity Financing Debt Financing $1,000 $650 $1,550 $205 $47 $1,869 2020 2021 2022 2023 ~29.0k BTC ~50.6k BTC ~7.4k BTC ~55.5k BTC (1) (1) Does not include $160M of incremental equity issued in 2023 to repay $205M of bitcoin-backed loan raised in 2022. 17 2023 Value Creation from Bitcoin Activities BTC Price Appreciation (Prior Holdings) Capital Raised + Excess Cash (2023 Purchases) BTC Price Appreciation (2023 Purchases) 12/31/2022 BTC Holdings Mar ...

TYSONS CORNER, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) (“MicroStrategy” or the “Company”), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin and the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended December 31, 2023 (the fourth quarter of its 2023 fiscal year). “ 2023 was an extraordinary year for MicroStrategy as we strategically raised capital to significantly increase our bitcoin holdings, and continued t ...

Since soaring to their highest level since November 2021 amid a rise in Bitcoin (BTC), shares of MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) have quickly fallen from grace. The security is already down nearly 28% in 2024, yesterday touching a more than two-month low after BTC slipped below the $40,000 level. However, MSTR was last seen 1.6% higher today at $457.56, and its aforementioned pullback has placed it near a historically bullish trendline.More specifically, the crypto-adjacent stock just ran into its 120-day m ...

MicroStrategy (MSTR -4.25%) founder and chairman Michael Saylor started selling stock in his own company in early January, culled from his portfolio of stock options. Astute investors may have noticed that the sales have been very consistent and are still going on today.Even keener observers, of course, saw this process coming from a mile away -- actually, from early November 2023. They also know how long Saylor's sales will go on, and why he is doing it.In case you missed the early hints, here's why Michae ...

Huge news rocked the cryptocurrency sector last week. After many years of waiting, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved investment companies to start listing Bitcoin ETFs that people can buy or sell to get exposure to the world's largest cryptocurrency. Now, there are numerous ETFs that anyone reading this can buy and sell, such as the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. While new ETFs will make it easier -- for better or worse -- for people to get exposure to Bitcoin, this could spell trouble for c ...

MicroStrategy (MSTR -1.15%), a developer of data mining and analytics software, made a lot of investors millionaires shortly after its public debut on June 11, 1998. It went public at a split-adjusted price of $60 per share and eventually skyrocketed to an all-time high of $3,130 during the peak of the dot-com bubble on March 10, 2000.Today, MicroStrategy's stock only trades at about $480. A $20,000 investment in its initial public offering (IPO) would have blossomed to $1.04 million before shrinking back t ...