Share this article

Strategy Set for Another $2B in Bitcoin Buying Power as it Prices Latest Capital Raise

The convertible note offering is expected to close tomorrow.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

What to know:

Strategy (MSTR) Thursday morning announced the pricing on $2 billion of 0% convertible five-year senior notes. The deal is expected to close on Friday.

The initial conversion rate is 2.3072 shares of MSTR for $1,000 principal amount of notes, representing an initial conversion price of $433.43 per share, according to the press release. MSTR shares are higher by 1.5% premarket to $323.53.

Proceeds are expected to be $1.99 billion, or potentially $2.28 billion should the underwriters exercise their greenshoe option.

Strategy currently holds 478,740 bitcoin (BTC) worth about $46.5 billion at BTC's current price just above $97,000.

Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Stephen Alpher