PANews reported on December 16 that Microstrategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said on the X platform that MicroStrategy spent about $1.5 billion (about $100,386 per bitcoin) to increase its holdings by 15,350 bitcoins, and achieved a quarterly total return (QTD) of 46.4% and an annual total return (YTD) of 72.4%. As of December 15, 2024, MicroStrategy holds 439,000 bitcoins, which were acquired at a price of about $61,725 per bitcoin, worth about $27.1 billion.