PK Press Club – Michael Saylor, maximalist and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, used his account on social media platform X (widely known as Twitter in the past) to deliver a Bitcoin-themed MicroStrategy message to his army of several million people. of followers.
In his traditional style, the MicroStrategy founder shared an AI-generated image, in which Saylor was shown sitting in front of a window in a room with an alien Martian landscape in the background behind the window. He is dressed as an astronaut with the letters MSTR and a BTC mascot (both in orange – the color of Bitcoin) on his white jacket.
“We are going to Mars,” the tweet said.
The community responded with a wave of upbeat comments, sharing Saylor’s enthusiasm. Here we can see an analogy with Elon Musk and his ties to pro-crypto President Trump. Musk intends to send unmanned rockets to Mars in two years, when the distance between Earth and Mars will be shortest. If all goes well, he said, in two years SpaceX will deliver the first crewed spacecraft.
Bitcoin price exceeds $106,800
Today, Bitcoin, the world’s largest meme cryptocurrency, soared about 4.55% from $101,396 to $106,875, adding more than $5,000 in just a few hours. As of this writing, BTC is changing hands at $105,991.
This surge came after a 5.20% decline that Bitcoin faced between Tuesday and Thursday this week.
Bitcoin soared as pro-crypto U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, who has proposed creating a U.S. strategic reserve of Bitcoin in the summer of 2024, tweeted: “Big things are coming,” hinting at the growing chances that the BTC reserve is realized.
MicroStrategy offers shareholders a gain of 6,120 Bitcoins
In a recently published article, Michael Saylor revealed that last week, MicroStrategy managed to achieve a gain of 6,120 Bitcoins for MSTR holders. This represents a return of 1.36% BTC on the 450,000 BTC held by Michael Saylor’s company.
At the exchange rate of approximately $105,000, 6,120 BTC translated to approximately $642.6 million in value produced through MicroStrategy’s treasury operations. In this way, Saylor emphasized, the company is meeting its commitment to maximizing shareholder returns.
This week, the company added more Bitcoin to its stash, purchasing $1.1 billion worth of BTC, now holding a total of 461,000 Bitcoins.
