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Digital insurer Metromile follows through with $1M Bitcoin purchase
11.8.2021
In May, the company said it intended to allocate $10 million towards Bitcoin in the second quarter of 2021
Microstrategy Buys $489M Worth of Bitcoin — Company Now Holds More Than 100,000 BTC
21.6.2021
The independent, publicly-traded business intelligence company Microstrategy announced the acquisition of 13,005 bitcoin on Monday, at a purchase price of approximately $489 million in cash. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor revealed the latest purchase on Twitter, and the firm now has more...
Microstrategy Buys $10M Worth of Bitcoin, MSTR Shares Down Over 60% Since February
18.5.2021
On Tuesday, the publicly-listed business intelligence company, Microstrategy, announced the purchase of 229 bitcoins adding to the firm’s current stash of crypto. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor told his Twitter followers that Microstrategy now holds 92,079 bitcoins. Microstrategy...
Nasdaq-listed insurer Metromile plans $10M Bitcoin purchase
6.5.2021
The company will soon accept BTC payments on insurance premiums as part of a broader embrace of digital assets
Meitu now holds $100 million in BTC and Ether after latest Bitcoin purchase
9.4.2021
The tech company has been on a buying spree of late, racking up $100 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether
MLB team will HODL Bitcoin received from suite sales, says president
29.3.2021
“We’re believers in [Bitcoin] and hopefully it continues to go up and maybe we can find some big free agents with some of the proceeds.”
Square Adds $170 Million More in Bitcoin to Balance Sheet — Company Now Holds 5% of Total Cash Reserves in BTC
24.2.2021
Square has bought more bitcoin, adding $170 million worth of the cryptocurrency to its balance sheet. The company now holds 5% of its cash reserves in bitcoin. Its Cash App was used by more than three million customers to purchase or sell the cryptocurrency last year. $170 Million Bitcoin Purchase...
Elon Musk’s Tesla Faces Scrutiny Over Potential Conflict of Interest in $1.5 Billion Bitcoin Purchase
18.2.2021
Tesla is facing more scrutiny over its $1.5 billion dollar bitcoin purchase. A Tesla board member who reportedly approved the company’s bitcoin buy deal is a cryptocurrency investor who also sits on the boards of two major crypto firms. Experts Question Conflict of Interest in Tesla’s...
Survey Finds Many Finance Managers Are Not Planning to Hold BTC— Volatility Cited as Key Concern
17.2.2021
A new poll of finance managers by Gartner Finance finds that a majority are not planning to hold bitcoin as a corporate asset. In their responses, most of the 77 finance leaders interviewed cite bitcoin’s volatility as one characteristic of the crypto asset that is “extremely difficult...
BlackRock has started to 'dabble' in crypto, says CIO
17.2.2021
“Holding some portion of what you hold in cash in things like crypto seems to make some sense to me," said Rick Rieder
Elon Musk Could Face SEC Investigation Over Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy, Lawyers Warn
14.2.2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could investigate Elon Musk over Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase, some legal experts have warned, including a former SEC enforcement officer. Given the timing of Tesla’s bitcoin purchase and Musk’s multiple tweets on...
Reddit Post Reporting Tesla’s Bitcoin Purchase From a Month Ago Was a Hoax
11.2.2021
A Reddit post that predicted Tesla’s $1.5 billion purchase of bitcoin on Monday has been revealed as a hoax, after the New York Post tracked down the user. Reddit User Says He Was High on Acid When Writing It Tesla’s record-breaking bitcoin purchase stunned the markets earlier this...
Indian Crypto Exchanges Flooded With INR Deposits and New Users After Elon Musk’s Tesla Revealed Bitcoin Purchase
9.2.2021
Indian crypto exchanges have been experiencing a flood of INR deposits and surging trading volumes since it was revealed that Elon Musk’s Tesla purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. The positive sentiment swept the Indian crypto industry despite the uncertainty of the cryptocurrency bill...
Tesla's $1.5B Bitcoin purchase leaves treasury experts scratching heads
9.2.2021
Some treasury experts are finding it difficult to understand why Tesla recently bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin — the best performing asset of the last decade
Grayscale Makes a Huge Bitcoin Purchase, But BTC Goes 'Meh'
19.1.2021
Even though it was presumed to potentially act as rally fuel, major US-based digital asset manager Grayscale Investments added thousands of bitcoin (BTC) to its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) - but the number one's crypto price kept moving in his now usual range.
Yesterday, Grayscale investments...
Onboarding Institutional Crypto Investors- Coinbase Helps Execute ‘One of the Largest Digital Asset Trades in History’
6.1.2021
Over the last year, institutional investors have been flocking toward crypto assets like bitcoin and after Microstrategy’s initial bitcoin purchase, the trending institutional demand for crypto started swelling. On Tuesday, the San Francisco trading platform Coinbase published a study that...
Microstrategy Buys 29,646 More Bitcoins — Now Holds Over $1.6 Billion in BTC
21.12.2020
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has purchased 29,646 more bitcoins for $650 million. The latest purchase brings the company’s bitcoin holdings to 70,470 — worth more than $1.6 billion. Microstrategy Now Has Over $1.6 Billion in Bitcoin Billion-dollar public company Microstrategy (Nasdaq:...
MassMutual Bitcoin purchase proves crypto demand is rising, JPMorgan says
14.12.2020
Even a nominal investment from insurance firms and pension funds could be significant for Bitcoin
Microstrategy Completes $650 Million Capital Raise to Fund More Bitcoin Purchases
12.12.2020
Microstrategy Inc. has raised $650 million from the sale of convertible senior notes so that it could buy more bitcoin. In a note to investors on Dec. 11, the business intelligence and mobile software firm said it completed the sale of $650 million in convertible bonds to private investors at 0.75%...
MicroStrategy completes $650 million bond sale to finance next Bitcoin purchase
11.12.2020
The bond sale underscores MicroStrategy's conviction that Bitcoin is a generational investment opportunity