Digital Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]

(2) Digital Assets

The Company accounts for its digital assets, which are comprised solely of bitcoin, as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other. The Company’s digital assets are initially recorded at cost. Subsequently, they are measured at cost, net of any impairment losses incurred since acquisition. Impairment losses are recognized as “Digital asset impairment losses” in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations in the period in which the impairment occurs. Gains (if any) are not recorded until realized upon sale, at which point they are presented net of any impairment losses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In determining the gain to be recognized upon sale, the Company calculates the difference between the sales price and carrying value of the specific bitcoins sold immediately prior to sale.

The following table summarizes the Company’s digital asset holdings (in thousands, except number of bitcoins), as of:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2023		2022
Approximate number of bitcoins held		158,245		132,500
Digital assets carrying value	$	2,451,374	$	1,840,028
Cumulative digital asset impairment losses	$	2,229,775	$	2,153,162

The carrying value on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at each period-end represents the lowest fair value (based on Level 1 inputs in the fair value hierarchy) of the bitcoins at any time since their acquisition. Therefore, these fair value measurements were made during the period from their acquisition through September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022, respectively, and not as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022, respectively.

The following table summarizes the Company’s digital asset purchases and digital asset impairment losses (in thousands, except number of bitcoins) for the periods indicated. The Company did not sell any of its bitcoins during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 or 2022, respectively.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Approximate number of bitcoins purchased		5,912		301		25,745		5,609
Digital asset purchases	$	161,681	$	5,978	$	687,959	$	231,478
Digital asset impairment losses	$	33,559	$	727	$	76,613	$	1,088,656

From time to time, the Company may be extended short-term credits from Coinbase or other execution partners to purchase bitcoin in advance of using cash funds in the Company’s trading account. The trade credits are due and payable in cash within days after they are extended. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had no outstanding trade credits payable.

As of September 30, 2023, approximately 15,731 of the bitcoins held by the Company, which had a carrying value of approximately $251.1 million on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023, serve as part of the collateral for the Company’s 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Secured Notes”), as further described in Note 4, Long-term Debt, to the Consolidated Financial Statements. All of the Company’s bitcoins previously serving as collateral for a $205.0 million term loan (the “2025 Secured Term Loan”) issued to MacroStrategy LLC (“MacroStrategy”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, by Silvergate Bank (“Silvergate”) were released from collateral upon the repayment of the 2025 Secured Term Loan during the first quarter of 2023. Refer to Note 4, Long-term Debt, to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details of the 2025 Secured Term Loan and its repayment.