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The epic spectacle that is the Bitcoin juggernaut MicroStrategy (www.ft.com)
2 points by Terretta 2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 4 comments | favorite





> The current market cap of the company is $89bn while its reserve of 386,700 bitcoins is worth $37bn

Matt Levine also wrote about MicroStrategy's market funded bitcoin purchases:

"Sometimes, though, you find a stock-price-management strategy that is so good that the only reasonable reaction is to chuck out your operating business and spend all your time issuing stock. MicroStrategy is having a great time".

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-18/palant...

https://archive.is/3BpKO


"MicroStrategy isn’t so much a software firm these days. It’s best described as an insatiable buyer of bitcoin. MicroStrategy is now the largest corporate holder of bitcoins, owning nearly 2 per cent of them, with no signs of stopping."

https://archive.is/QAKhT


Which is still small. For all the hype, miners, hedge funds, early adopters can easily overwhelm any buying by MSTR. If MSTR were smart it would deposit the $ on exchanges and then sop up any selling to keep the price stable, whilst selling CME put options to raise $.

I want to say this end badly, and it probably will, but these bubbles sure can last a long time . If anything, the 90s tech bubble exceptional only in how soon it ended. Now we're in an era where everything is inflating so much forever.



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