The analytical software provider MicroStrategy and payments giant Square have doubled their bitcoin holdings as the asset’s price rose above $60,000, according to BitcoinTreasuries.
MicroStrategy holds 114 041 BTC worth more than $7 billion, with an investment of $3.15 billion.
Square has 8 027 BTC worth $494 million, with investments of $220 million.
The electric-car maker Tesla holds 43 200 BTC worth $2.65 billion, with investments of $1.5 billion.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $61,100, according to CoinGecko. The market capitalisation of the leading cryptocurrency reached $1.15 trillion.
Earlier in October, the price of digital gold jumped above $60,000 on Bloomberg’s reports of approval for the launch of a Bitcoin-futures-based exchange-traded fund.
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