MicroStrategy Just Went All In on Bitcoin–Again. Is This Genius or Financial Suicide? #CriptoNews

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) just went all inagain. The Bitcoin (BTC-USD) powerhouse is raising another $250 million through a new preferred stock offering, using the cash to fuel its ever-growing BTC stash. The latest move comes on the heels of a $1.1 billion Bitcoin buy, pushing its total holdings to a jaw-dropping 471,107 BTC, now worth over $48 billion. With an average purchase price of $64,524 per coin, some of its recent buys are sitting at a loss. But MicroStrategy isn’t blinking. It’s doubling down, selling 2.5 million shares of its new Series A Perpetual Strike Preferred Stock, which pays dividends in cash, stock, or both.

CEO Michael Saylor has made one thing clear: MicroStrategy isn’t just holding Bitcoinit’s building an empire around it. The company, once a pure enterprise software firm, now proudly brands itself as the world’s first and largest Bitcoin treasury company. But not everyone’s buying in. The stock has taken a hit lately, caught in the broader tech selloff and uncertainty around U.S. crypto policy. Trump’s vague stance on Bitcoin hasn’t helped either. Meanwhile, STRK stockholders get some flexibilityit’s convertible into Class A common sharesbut MicroStrategy still holds the right to redeem it under specific conditions.

This kind of relentless accumulation is either pure genius or a ticking time bomb. With Bitcoin briefly dipping below $100,000, some question whether MicroStrategy’s timing is off. But the company is still sitting on $17.7 billion in unrealized profits from its BTC stash. Saylor’s playbook? Leverage, accumulate, repeat. Whether this latest capital raise cements MicroStrategy as the ultimate Bitcoin whale or sets it up for a painful lesson in volatility is the billion-dollar question investors are trying to answer.

This article first appeared on GuruFocus.