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Shareholders of Strategy (Michael Saylor's company, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin) approved amendments: dividends on preferred shares will accrue daily rather than once a month or quarter. This is an attempt to revive demand for the securities through which the company finances its BTC purchases.
Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) announced the placement of new securities worth $35B. The money will go toward capital expenditures in artificial intelligence - this is one of the largest amounts raised of this kind among technology companies.
Vivek Ramaswamy's American Strive increased its Bitcoin holdings by 16.8% in a week - to 43,000 BTC. The deal was closed with money from a $630 million preferred stock offering.
Strategy added 250 BTC for $21.5 million in a week, whereas two weeks ago it acquired 1,665 BTC. At the same time, the company allocated $192 million to buy back STRC preferred shares, almost nine times more than for Bitcoin.
Strategy bought 334 BTC for $28.7 million in a week, but allocated $176.3 million to buy back STRC preferred shares. The company now holds 848,000 BTC worth approximately $73 billion.
