Bitcoin Giant Strategy Records $12.4 Billion Q4 Loss as MSTR Shares Hit 18-Month Low
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In brief Strategy reported a fourth-quarter loss of $12.4 billion. The company’s stock price fell to its lowest point in 18 months. Bitcoin slipped below Strategy’s average purchase price this week. Strategy announced fourth-quarter earnings against a precarious backdrop on Thursday, with losses mounting on paper for the Bitcoin-buying firm amid the asset’s latest slide. With Bitcoin changing hands around $63,000, the company faced an unrealized loss of nearly $9 billion on its holdings, which were worth around $45.4 billion. After spending $54.2 billion on Bitcoin since 2020, the asset’s price dipped below Strategy’s average purchase price of $76,000 earlier this week. Strategy generated a fourth-quarter net loss of $12.4 billion, or $42.93 per share, as Bitcoin tumbled from an all-time high above $126,000 in October. Throughout the three-month period ended Dec. 31, the company added around 35,000 Bitcoin to its corporate coffers. In advance of its latest earnings results, Strategy shares plunged more than 17% to $107, according to Yahoo Finance. That represented their lowest level in a year and a half. The company’s stock price has plummeted around 71% over the past six months. “Strategy has built a digital fortress anchored by 713,502 Bitcoin and our shift to digital credit, which aligns with our indefinite Bitcoin horizon,” Strategy co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said in a statement to shareholders. Saylor, known for his buy-and-never-sell attitude toward Bitcoin, posted “HODL”—or “hold on for dear life” in crypto lingo—on X before the earnings results were released. Over the years, the phrase has become a rallying cry for die-hards in the cryptosphere. Saylor’s bullishness may be steadfast, but investors have grown increasingly frustrated with the firm as shares have fallen 76% from a high of $457 last year. Other observers fear that Bitcoin could come under further strain if…
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