According to U.Today, the central banks of Norway and Switzerland have disclosed substantial holdings of MicroStrategy (MSTR) in their recent 13-F filings. Norges Bank, which manages the Government Pension Fund of Norway, holds 1.123 million MSTR shares. The Swiss National Bank holds 466,000 MSTR shares, marking a 60% increase compared to the previous quarter. MicroStrategy, a Virginia-based business intelligence firm, is primarily known as the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Its shares are also owned by South Korea's public pension fund and Mitsui Suitomo, a major Japanese insurance company.
The shares of MicroStrategy are currently trading at $131.21 after a 3.5% decline over the past 24 hours. The company's market cap stands at $25 billion. MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor recently revealed that the company had outperformed virtually all stocks in the S&P 500 index since adopting its Bitcoin strategy. The company currently holds 226,500 Bitcoins. For comparison, Marathon Digital Holdings, the second-largest corporate owner of Bitcoin, holds 20,818 BTC. MicroStrategy's stock now acts as a leveraged Bitcoin play with no fees, setting it apart from various Bitcoin exchange-traded funds launched earlier this year.
During a recent CNBC appearance, Saylor emphasized that his company would continue acquiring more Bitcoin through various means to increase shareholder value. In other news, Goldman Sachs recently disclosed that it held roughly $419 million worth of Bitcoin ETF shares in its recent 13-F filing.
