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Strategy Raises $2B Last Week Through Common Stock Sale | CoinDesk Daily

Michael Saylor's war chest. Strategy raised about $2 billion last week and created a new "USD Cash" pool, giving it $6.69 billion in dollar liquidity that can be used to buy more bitcoin, repurchase shares, or repay debt. The company left its 840,447 BTC untouched for a second st ...  Show more

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