Software firm MicroStrategy acquired bitcoin worth $1.11 billion between Aug. 6 and Sept 12, boosting its total holdings of the world's biggest cryptocurrency to roughly $9.45 billion. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January along with support from Wall Street and figures like Elon Musk has brought the once-nascent asset class closer to the mainstream. Analysts have said MicroStrategy's purchase of bitcoin to

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