Overview
- A Form 8-K shows the company acquired 390 BTC between October 20 and 26 for about $43.4 million at roughly $111,000 per coin.
- Total holdings rose to 640,808 BTC acquired for approximately $47.44 billion, with an average cost basis near $74,032 per bitcoin; BTC traded above $115,000 and MSTR ticked higher after the disclosure.
- The purchase was financed via at‑the‑market preferred share sales under the STRF, STRK and STRD programs, reflecting a shift away from recent common‑stock issuance.
- Analysts highlight a marked slowdown in weekly buys to the low hundreds of BTC as the company’s equity issuance premium fell from about 208% to single digits, constraining accretive capital raising.
- American Bitcoin reported buying and mining 1,414 BTC to lift its reserve to 3,865 BTC and introduced a Satoshis‑per‑Share metric to show bitcoin backing per share.