Strategy’s $192M STRC Buyback Outweighs New Bitcoin Purchase
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Strategy used far more capital on repurchasing STRC preferred shares than on adding bitcoin in the October 5 to 11 period. The company also said most of the latest bitcoin purchase was financed through new MSTR share issuance, and it filed the figures with the SEC on October 12.
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Strategy’s preferred-share holders are the clearest group to notice this update, because the company committed far more cash to STRC repurchases than to bitcoin buying in the October 5 to 11 period. That changes the mix of what the company was doing with capital during that week, while the reported bitcoin purchase still happened alongside the buyback program.
Compared with before, the company was still adding bitcoin, but it also devoted a much larger amount to repurchasing its own STRC preferred shares. The buyback activity can affect future preferred dividend obligations, while the latest bitcoin purchase was said to have been funded mostly through new MSTR share issuance.
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