In the latest bitcoin news MicroStrategy purchased 310 Bitcoins, and crypto lending protocol Maple Finance launched a $300 million lending pool for Bitcoin mining firms.
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) is the largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, and its price movements will typically send ripples throughout the entire blockchain space.
MicroStrategy purchases and Maple Finance lanch as catalysts for growthMichael Saylor made an announcement on September 20, 2022, that Microstrategy purchased an additional 301 Bitcoins for $6 million, where the average cost per Bitcoin is $19,851.
What this means is that MicroStrategy now holds 130,000 Bitcoins, which were acquired for a total of $3.98 billion at an average price of $30,639 per bitcoin.
Furthermore, the institutional crypto lending protocol known as Maple Finance, as well as its delegate Icebreaker Finance made an announcement that they will provide up to $300 million worth of secured debt financing to the public as well as private Bitcoin mining firms.
Both of these updates indicate that the interest in Bitcoin (BTC) is far from over, which could drive demand and value for the cryptocurrency further.
Should you buy Bitcoin (BTC)?On September 21, 2022, Bitcoin (BTC) had a value of $18,887.
To get a better perspective about its current price point and future growth potential, we will be going over its all-time high and performance throughout the previous month.
The all-time high of the Bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrency was on November 10, 2021, when it reached a value of $69,044.77.
When we go over the performance of the cryptocurrency throughout the previous month, Bitcoin (BTC) had its highest point of value on August 15 at $24,887.19. Its lowest point of value, however, was on August 29 at a value of $19,616.81.
Here, we can see a decrease in value of $5,270.38 or by 21%.
However, since then, the cryptocurrency has decreased further and is worth $18,887.
With the recent updates and developments surrounding the Bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrency and blockchain space as a whole, investors might want to buy Bitcoin as it can climb to $22,000 by the end of September 2022.
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