{"id":19088,"date":"2024-12-02T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/michael-saylor-proposes-bitcoin-strategy-for-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:19:34","slug":"michael-saylor-proposes-bitcoin-strategy-for-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/michael-saylor-proposes-bitcoin-strategy-for-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Saylor Proposes Bitcoin Strategy for Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transitioning to Bitcoin could add $5 trillion to Microsoft&#8217;s market capitalization, according to MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor in a presentation to the tech giant&#8217;s board of directors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft Bitcoin Strategy - A Presentation by Michael Saylor\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cH2t6VOdgkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Saylor suggested the company convert its reserves, cash flows, and debts into Bitcoin. He believes this would boost MSFT&#8217;s stock growth:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;If you do this, you will add hundreds of dollars to the stock price. You can create trillions of dollars in enterprise value. You can de-risk your shareholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft should invest $100 billion in Bitcoin annually, added the head of MicroStrategy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;What if you could buy a $100 billion company growing faster than Microsoft? What if you could do this every year?&#8221; Saylor noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his presentation, he calculated that such a move would add $584 to the stock price over the next ten years if Bitcoin reaches $1.7 million by 2034. The company&#8217;s market cap should increase by $4.9 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>He also compared the growth rates of Microsoft, Bitcoin, and traditional financial instruments relative to the S&#038;P 500 index.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"2-101\" class=\"wp-image-246488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-101.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annual change in market capitalization of Bitcoin, Microsoft, and traditional instruments. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.contentstack.io\/v3\/assets\/bltdef7a3f3c28ddd84\/blte51fcf2366a51c01\/674cc6bd8e3d0356621c637b\/Saylor_MSFT_Presentation_Final_Dec_2024.pdf\">MicroStrategy<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to calculations, the first cryptocurrency is growing ten times faster than Microsoft, while traditional investments like real estate, gold, and bonds are declining.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor emphasized that buying Bitcoin is more logical than repurchasing one&#8217;s own shares, and holding digital gold is more rational than traditional bonds:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;If you are going to outperform the market, you will need Bitcoin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The head of MicroStrategy noted that with the change of government in the US and the excitement around the idea of a national Bitcoin reserve among state authorities in many countries, the investment appeal of the first cryptocurrency has only increased.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Bitcoin is the best asset you could own,&#8221; Saylor is convinced.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing, MSFT shares are trading at $423. The company&#8217;s market capitalization is $3.15 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22-1024x453.png\" alt=\"MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22\" class=\"wp-image-246489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MSFT_2024-12-02_11-17-22.png 1355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2-hour chart of MSFT shares on the Nasdaq exchange. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=NASDAQ%3AMSFT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in November, analysts suggested that by the end of 2033, MicroStrategy could absorb up to 4% of the total Bitcoin supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transitioning to Bitcoin could add $5 trillion to Microsoft&#8217;s market capitalization, according to MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor in a presentation to the tech giant&#8217;s board of directors. Saylor suggested the company convert its reserves, cash flows, and debts into Bitcoin. He believes this would boost MSFT&#8217;s stock growth: &#8220;If you do this, you will add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1208,15,1207],"class_list":["post-19088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-michael-saylor","tag-microsoft","tag-microstrategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}