PakGazette – Michael Saylor, maximalist and CEO of MicroStrategy, has taken to his account on social media platform multi-million dollar army. of followers.
In his traditional style, the MicroStrategy founder shared an AI-generated image, in which Saylor appears 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 MSTR letters and a BTC mascot (both in orange, the color of Bitcoin) on his white jacket.
“Let’s go to Mars,” the tweet says.
The community responded with a wave of bullish comments, sharing Saylor’s enthusiasm. An analogy can be seen here with Elon Musk and his connection to the pro-cryptocurrency president Trump. Musk intends to send unmanned rockets to Mars within two years, when there will be the shortest distance between Earth and Mars. If all goes well, in his words, within two years SpaceX will deliver the first manned spacecraft.
Bitcoin Price Soars Above $106,800
Today, Bitcoin, the world’s largest meme cryptocurrency, has soared approximately 4.55%, going from $101,396 to $106,875, adding more than $5,000 in just a few hours. At the time of writing, BTC is changing hands at $105,991.
This rise came after a 5.20% drop that Bitcoin has faced between Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
Bitcoin soared when pro-cryptocurrency US Senator Cynthia Lummis, who proposed building a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the US in the summer of 2024, tweeted: “Big things are coming,” hinting at the growing chances that the reserve of BTC becomes a reality.
MicroStrategy offers 6,120 Bitcoin profit to shareholders
In a recently published X post, Michael Saylor revealed that last week, MicroStrategy made a profit of 6,120 Bitcoins for MSTR holders. That constituted a 1.36% BTC return on the 450,000 BTC held by Michael Saylor’s company.
At the exchange rate of approximately $105,000, 6,120 BTC translated into approximately $642.6 million in value produced thanks to MicroStrategy’s treasury operations. In this way, Saylor stressed, the company continues its commitment to maximizing profitability for shareholders.
This week, the company added more Bitcoin to its reserve, purchasing a staggering $1.1 billion worth of BTC, and now has a total of 461,000 Bitcoins.
