Following Microsoft’s recent proposal Michael Saylor, co-founder of MicroStrategy and a leading advocate of BTC, encouraged shareholders to consider investing in Bitcoin. He publicly encouraged Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to embrace the largest cryptocurrency as a vehicle for future growth.
MicroStrategy shares soar to a 25-year high
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Saylor’s company, MicroStrategy, has made headlines over the past four years for its aggressive Bitcoin acquisition strategy, which has driven its stock price up significantly.
On Friday, shares of MicroStrategy hit a 25-year high of $245, reflecting a substantial stock rally driven specifically by BTC’s strategy.
Even Microsoft’s report on its assessment of BTC investments pointed out that MicroStrategy’s shares have outperformed the company’s by a whopping 313% this year, despite accounting for only a fraction of sales.
In his reportMicrosoft noted the success of MicroStrategy’s investment approach, highlighting that its shares have seen significant gains thanks to its BTC holdings.
Interestingly enough, say some analysts speculate that Microsoft’s new focus on BTC investments may be influenced by its second largest shareholder company, BlackRock, which recently entered the crypto market with the approval of their spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds in January and July of this, respectively year.
A leading Bitcoin Merchant Bank?
Saylor has ambitious plans for MicroStrategy, including establishing the company as a leading Bitcoin or “merchant bank” capable of creating various BTC capital market instruments such as equities, convertible bonds and fixed income products.
As before reported by Bitcoinist, Saylor envisions a future where MicroStrategy owns between $100 and $150 billion worth of Bitcoin through these financial structures.
MicroStrategy owns more than 252,000 BTC, worth approximately $15.7 billion, acquired largely through debt financing. Saylor stated at the time:
This is the most valuable asset in the world. The ultimate goal is to be the leading Bitcoin bank or commercial bank, or you can call it a BTC financial company.
Saylor’s strategy remains steadfast: “We just keep buying more Bitcoin,” he claims. He believes that the value of BTC will rise, to predict that it could reach $13 million per currency by 2045 as it takes up a larger share of global financial capital.
This perspective is in stark contrast to other companies like Tesla, which have used Bitcoin profits for operational financing or collecting fees.
At the time of writing, the largest cryptocurrency on the market is trading at $67,800, registering a price recovery of 8% in the past two weeks and of more than 95% since the beginning of the year.
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