Bitcoin Rises. Guess Who's Buying Even More Crypto. -- Barrons.com

Dow Jones
02-19

By George Glover

Bitcoin was climbing on Wednesday, putting the cryptocurrency on course to snap a three-day losing streak.

The largest token by total market capitalization climbed 1.8% to $95,809 in early trading. It's about 14% off last month's record high of just over $109,000.

Bitcoin has been on a bad run since U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration, dragged down by worries about sticky inflation and bulls' disappointment that the new administration is yet to follow through on some of its boldest crypto campaign policies.

Its slight rebound Wednesday could be because the world's biggest corporate holder of the token signaled that it would buy even more. MicroStrategy, the software company that changed its name to Strategy earlier this month, said it would offer $2 billion worth of convertible notes to fund further Bitcoin purchases.

MicroStrategy owned about 480,000 Bitcoins as of Feb. 10, although it pumped the brakes on its buying spree in recent weeks. The company bought the token for 11 straight weeks between Nov. 11 and Jan. 27, but has only disclosed one purchase since then.

Write to George Glover at george.glover@dowjones.com

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