Odaily Planet News: According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:30 AM on January 26, 2025, Eastern Time in the U.S., the total net weekly purchase of Bitcoin by publicly traded companies globally (excluding mining companies) was $29 million, a decrease of 86.5% compared to the previous week.
On January 26, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $264 million (a decrease of 87.7% compared to the amount purchased last week) to purchase 2,932 additional bitcoins at a price of $90,061 per bitcoin, bringing the total holdings to 712,647 bitcoins.
Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, marking the second consecutive week without any Bitcoin purchases.
In addition, three other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Japanese fashion brand ANAP announced on January 21 that it invested $6.94 million to purchase an additional 70.4485 Bitcoin at a price of $98,574.8, bringing its total holdings to 1,417.0341 Bitcoin. Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on January 22 that it invested $17.62 million to purchase 200 Bitcoin at a price of $88,085, bringing its total holdings to 1,583 Bitcoin. The Smarter Web Company, a UK-based website and digital marketing services firm, announced on January 22 that it invested $900,000 to purchase an additional 10 Bitcoin at a price of $90,289, bringing its total holdings to 2,674 Bitcoin.
Asset management and Bitcoin reserve company Strive announced the subsequent issuance of Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA Stock) to raise $150 million, with the funds to be used for purchasing over 5,000 additional Bitcoins, among other purposes.
As of the time of writing, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) collectively hold a total of 963,020 bitcoins, an increase of 0.3% compared to last week. The current market value is approximately $84.66 billion, representing 4.8% of the total circulating market value of Bitcoin.