MSTR pops after Strategy’s $1.25B bitcoin buy — and its ‘Stretch’ stock is doing more of the lifting
Bitcoin jumped past $96,000 after Strategy announced a $1.25 billion bitcoin purchase, funded partly by new variable-rate preferred stock, STRC. Director Carl Rickertsen bought 5,000 common shares Monday, the first insider purchase since 2022. The company now holds 687,410 bitcoin. STRC traded $175.7 million Monday, nearly triple its 30-day average.