Strategy Buys $370M in Bitcoin After 2-Month Pause, Boosting Total Holdings to 845,050 Coins. Is BTC Back?

Over the past six years, Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) -- once known as MicroStrategy -- became the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Its founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor, believes Bitcoin's price could hit $21 million within the next 20 years.

That's why Bitcoin's investors closely follow Strategy's Bitcoin trades. So when Strategy sold roughly 7,000 Bitcoins (at average prices between $60,000 and $65,000) in March and August, many investors thought darker days were ahead for the world's top cryptocurrency.

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However, Strategy CEO Phong Le recently said the company was still bullish on Bitcoin, and that it only sold some of its holdings to cover its preferred dividends and reduce its debt. It also ended a 10-week buying pause by buying 4,603 Bitcoins for $370 million in late August.

That purchase boosted Strategy's total Bitcoin holdings to 845,050 coins, which are worth $68.5 billion as of this writing. That exceeds the company's market cap of $47.3 billion and its enterprise value of $50.3 billion -- so it's undervalued relative to its Bitcoin holdings.

However, Strategy trades at that discount because the near-term headwinds for Bitcoin could limit its gains. Elevated Treasury yields and rising interest rates could chill the crypto market and drive investors toward more conservative investments. That pressure could curb the market's enthusiasm for buying Bitcoin as a hedge against expansionary monetary policies.

While Bitcoin has risen nearly 30% over the past month, it remains 36% below its all-time high of roughly $126,000, which it reached last October. Therefore, it's premature to claim that Strategy's latest Bitcoin buy -- which doesn't even fully offset its Bitcoin sales earlier this year -- is a green flag that indicates it will head higher.

Bitcoin probably won't revisit its all-time high this year, but several catalysts could drive it much higher over the next few years. Its next halving, which halves its mining rewards every four years, will occur in 2028, making it even more difficult to mine profitably.