By Vicky Ge Huang

Strategy, the bitcoin accumulation firm founded by Michael Saylor, recorded a $14.5 billion unrealized loss in the first quarter after a sharp decline in the value of its bitcoin stash.

Bitcoin fell 23% in the first quarter, its worst start to the year since the first three months of 2018, when the digital currency plunged more than 50%.

Strategy adopted a fair value accounting standard last year that requires companies holding digital assets to show the fair value of their cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets at the end of each quarter.

The change has driven wild swings in Strategy's earnings, with the company reporting a $12.4 billion net loss in the fourth quarter.

The company also recorded a $2.4 billion associated deferred tax benefit in the first quarter.

Shares of Strategy have lost about 17% this year. It is up about 6% Monday morning after the company said it snapped up 4,871 bitcoins for about $330 million in the five days ended April 5.

In total, Strategy now holds 766,970 bitcoin worth about $53 billion.

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