{"id":4430,"date":"2025-07-29T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/strategy-purchases-21021-bitcoin-after-2-52-billion-ipo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:16:09","slug":"strategy-purchases-21021-bitcoin-after-2-52-billion-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/strategy-purchases-21021-bitcoin-after-2-52-billion-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy Purchases 21,021 Bitcoin After $2.52 Billion IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-purchases-21021-bitcoin-ipo\">Strategy Purchases 21,021 Bitcoin After $2.52 Billion IPO<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Strategy, the leading bitcoin corporate treasury company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy.com\/press\/strategy-announces-closing-of-2-point-521-billion-STRC-stock-initial-public-offering_07-29-2025\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> it has purchased 21,021 BTC at an average price of $117,256, using proceeds from its $2.52 billion IPO of Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC). The acquisition brings Strategy\u2019s total holdings to 628,791 BTC, valued at roughly $80 billion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>BREAKING: Michael Saylor&#8217;s Strategy bought 21,021 bitcoin for $2.46 BILLION  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HHZPVs0B3W\">pic.twitter.com\/HHZPVs0B3W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1950286690410435034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 29, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The offering, priced at $90 per share for 28,011,111 shares, is the largest US IPO of 2025 and one of the biggest bitcoin-related equity raises in recent history. Strategy netted $2.474 billion after expenses and used nearly all of it to buy more bitcoin, continuing its aggressive accumulation strategy without diluting common shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>The stock is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market around July 30 under the ticker STRC. The stock features a variable 9% annual dividend, paid monthly, and is designed to trade near its $100 par value. It\u2019s the first U.S. exchange-listed perpetual preferred security from a bitcoin treasury firm with a monthly dividend rate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>Strategy has acquired 21,021 BTC for ~$2.46 billion at ~$117,256 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 25.0% YTD 2025. As of 7\/29\/2025, we hodl 628,791 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a> acquired for ~$46.08 billion at ~$73,277 per bitcoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MSTR&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$MSTR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24STRK&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$STRK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24STRF&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$STRF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24STRD&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$STRD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24STRC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$STRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEQQGfvkYe\">https:\/\/t.co\/PEQQGfvkYe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saylor\/status\/1950286461028217048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 29, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is the largest exchange-listed preferred stock issuance since 2009 and introduces a short-duration, income-generating security designed to appeal to yield-focused investors. Strategy also retains redemption and repurchase rights, along with investor protections such as dividend accrual and tax-related redemption options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorgan Stanley, Barclays, Moelis &amp; Company, and TD Securities acted as joint book-running managers,\u201d stated the press release. \u201cThe Benchmark Company, Clear Street, AmeriVet Securities, Bancroft Capital, Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods, and Maxim Group LLC served as co-managers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a week earlier, Strategy disclosed a $740 million bitcoin purchase of 6,220 BTC, pushing its total holdings well above 600,000 BTC. Analysts from <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/td-cowen-can-strategy-will-purchase-17000-bitcoin-without-equity-dilution\">TD Cowen<\/a> project the company could acquire another 17,000 BTC over the next decade under its <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-reports-5-8-billion-year-to-date-bitcoin-gain-doubles-capital-plan-to-84-billion\">42\/42<\/a> program, which aims to raise $84 billion for bitcoin purchases by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>This post <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/strategy-purchases-21021-bitcoin-ipo\">Strategy Purchases 21,021 Bitcoin After $2.52 Billion IPO<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/authors\/oscarperez\">Oscar Zarraga Perez<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Purchases 21,021 Bitcoin After $2.52 Billion IPO Strategy, the leading bitcoin corporate treasury company, announced it has purchased 21,021 BTC at an average price of $117,256, using proceeds from its $2.52 billion IPO of Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC). The acquisition brings Strategy\u2019s total holdings to 628,791 BTC, valued at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}