On the tail finish of yesterday, MacroScope, a monetary analyst specializing in Bitcoin, revealed a brand new SEC filing stating that Microsoft is voting this December on whether or not it ought to spend money on bitcoin.
At first I assumed there is no such thing as a means this occurs proper now, and figured it can simply be a brief lived hype, particularly after noticing a element within the submitting stating that Microsoft’s board recommends its shareholders to vote AGAINST the proposal of “Evaluation of Funding in Bitcoin”.
However then Macroscope got here with one other replace that exposed one thing promising. Microsoft is urging its shareholders to vote towards the proposal because their administration “already rigorously considers this matter.”
If Microsoft had been to comply with within the footsteps of MicroStrategy (a wild factor to even sort out and say to myself) it will mark an historic milestone for Bitcoin: Microsoft is the third largest firm on this planet by market capitalization at $3.208 trillion.
Will this really occur? It’s anybody’s guess in the meanwhile. However Michael Saylor has himself reached out to Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella to debate the chance. If there’s one man who can converse Nadella’s language and get the job achieved, it’s Saylor. And there are many the explanation why Microsoft ought to spend money on bitcoin… like having $75 billion in money readily available that’s simply melting away like an ice dice.
Having mentioned that, simply because Saylor understands the significance of holding precise BTC on their stability sheet, he additionally knows that different massive companies inquisitive about investing in Bitcoin would possibly choose a unique technique of publicity (like buying shares of spot Bitcoin ETFs). So if Microsoft had been to take a position into Bitcoin, I believe they may probably simply purchase shares of BlackRock and others Bitcoin ETFs. (I’d like to be improper although, and have them really purchase the BTC and maintain it themselves on their stability sheet.)
In any case, one factor for sure after studying all this: Bitcoin is now too massive to disregard, even for the most important firms on this planet.
This text is a Take. Opinions expressed are completely the creator’s and don’t essentially replicate these of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Journal.
