Morgan Stanley now holds 10% stake in Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy's massive push into Bitcoin is paying off, with shares skyrocketing and huge new investment from Morgan Stanley. Per a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released on Jan. 8, investment bank Morgan Stanley had acquired 792,627 shares in business intelligence firm MicroStrategy. The investment represents a 10.9% stake in a firm that has made massive investments in Bitcoin over the past several months. The purchase apparently happened on Dec. 31. MicroStrategy has had a colossal month, seeing its shares move from $289 on Dec. 8 to $545 as of Jan. 8. Source:....
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Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has increased its bitcoin exposure manyfold by investing in Microstrategy, the Nasdaq-listed company which currently holds about 70,470 bitcoins. Morgan Stanley now has a 10.9% stake in Microstrategy. ‘Even Banks Want Bitcoin’ Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley has significantly increased its exposure to bitcoin, the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday shows. Morgan Stanley has declared that it now owns 792,627 shares of Microstrategy. The Nasdaq-listed company has been stacking....
Michael Saylor is one of the most vocal supporters of bitcoin and is CEO of MicroStrategy, the company with the largest bitcoin holdings in the world. The CEO has always been a big proponent of the digital asset, taking both a personal and professional stake in the asset. Saylor had revealed in 2020 that he holds over 17,000 BTC. At this time, bitcoin was still trading below $30,000 and Saylor had said that he got all of his holdings for an average of $9,882. Bitcoin has since grown over 100% since the CEO made his big reveal, pushing the value of Saylor’s holdings to almost $1 billion.....
Morgan Stanley now owns 792,627 shares in the company best known for using its treasury funds to load up on bitcoin.
Morgan Stanley already has a nearly 11% stake in the bitcoin-laden business intelligence company MicroStrategy.
The attorney general of the District of Columbia has sued Microstrategy’s co-founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor, for tax fraud. The lawsuit also names Microstrategy as a defendant “alleging that it conspired to help him evade taxes he legally owes.” Both Saylor and Microstrategy denied the allegations. The attorney general is seeking more than $100 million in unpaid taxes and penalties.
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