{"id":26983,"date":"2020-08-07T11:27:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T08:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26983"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:59:44","slug":"nasdaq-listed-firm-invests-250-million-in-bitcoin-and-other-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nasdaq-listed-firm-invests-250-million-in-bitcoin-and-other-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq-listed firm invests $250 million in Bitcoin and other assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin and other &#8216;alternative assets&#8217; were included in MicroStrategy&#8217;s $250 million investment plan, the Nasdaq-listed company. This was stated by the developer of analytics software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/earnings\/call-transcripts\/2020\/07\/28\/microstrategy-mstr-q2-2020-earnings-call-transcrip.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/a> during a recent address to the company&#8217;s shareholders.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to cryptocurrency, MicroStrategy plans to invest in gold and other assets. The investments are aimed at reducing inflation risk for the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Michael Saylor noted that the U.S. dollar is no longer suitable for MicroStrategy&#8217;s reserves, pointing to near-zero interest rates, faster money issuance and signs of looming inflation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In the current environment, it would be unwise to hold the majority of our funds in dollars,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The head of the company noted that Bitcoin is an attractive investment instrument given its limited issuance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It makes sense to shift our assets into investment instruments that cannot be inflated,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added.<\/p>\n<p>In May last year, MicroStrategy had already earned $30 million in the crypto industry by selling the voice.com domain belonging to Block.one.<\/p>\n<p>Many experts warn about the risks of dollar inflation in light of the economic fallout from COVID-19. Entrepreneur and best-selling author of &#8216;Rich Dad, Poor Dad&#8217; Robert Kiyosaki said that the Fed&#8217;s incompetence is killing the U.S. economy. In his view, the central bank&#8217;s actions will push the price of BTC to $75,000.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Fed Chair Jerome Powell pledged to expand monetary stimulus if necessary by issuing new dollars. Participants in the cryptocurrency industry regarded this statement as a signal to buy Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin and other &#8216;alternative assets&#8217; were included in MicroStrategy&#8217;s $250 million investment plan, the Nasdaq-listed company. This was stated by the developer of analytics software during a recent address to the company&#8217;s shareholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1614,52,1224],"class_list":["post-26983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-fiat-currencies","tag-investments","tag-macroeconomics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26983","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=26983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26984,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26983\/revisions\/26984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}