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"While Tesla is the most familiar name across the world’s largest corporate buyers, several companies have amassed far more bitcoin - leading their share prices to skyrocket in value last year. At the same time, the vast majority are found in North America, with the exception of Nexon, a Japanese-based video game publisher.
As the world’s largest corporate owner of bitcoin, MicroStrategy holds 174,530 bitcoin valued at an estimated $9.1 billion as of February 22, 2024.
Headquartered in Virginia, the intelligence software firm first began buying bitcoin in 2020 and has since grown its holdings to become roughly 10 times bigger than the next highest corporate owner. MicroStrategy shares soared over 350% in 2023 thanks to its scale of bitcoin holdings.
Tesla is the fourth-largest owner on the list, with bitcoin holdings worth $546.7 million.
In 2021, the company announced that it bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin to help boost the company’s bottom line. It also served as a way to provide liquidity to customers who could buy its products with the cryptocurrency. Yet the following year, the company sold a large share of its holdings at a steep loss during the crypto crash."
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