Bitcoin ($BTC) is trading at $116,030, with a 24-hour volume of $47.5 billion and a market cap of $2.31 0 world’s largest cryptocurrency continues to dominate headlines, but much of today’s institutional narrative can be traced back to one figure: Michael 1 August 2020, Saylor, then CEO of MicroStrategy (now simply Strategy), shifted from being a software executive to a global symbol of Bitcoin 2 the time, he allocated $250 million of the company’s cash reserves into Bitcoin, citing inflation risks and dollar 3 single move reshaped corporate finance, marking the largest Bitcoin purchase by a public company and setting a precedent others have since 4 marks 5 years since we adopted a $BTC 5 — Strategy (@Strategy) August 10, 2025 MicroStrategy didn’t stop 6 months, it added $175 million, $50 million, and another $650 million financed through convertible notes, quickly amassing a billion-dollar Bitcoin 7 Saylor, Bitcoin wasn’t a gamble but a hedge against monetary 8 called it “capital preservation,” famously comparing Bitcoin to “Manhattan in cyberspace”—rare, unbreakable and 9 IN: Michael Saylor on @PBDsPodcast : "We’ve bought $6.6B in #Bitcoin since our quarterly 10 strategy is simple: keep buying Manhattan in cyberspace—because one day, 8 billion people will want their money there." 11 — Simply Bitcoin (@SimplyBitcoinTV) November 18, 2024 Critics called it reckless, pointing to volatility and debt financing 12 supporters said it was 13 himself acknowledged irony in the fact that he once dismissed Bitcoin in 2013, tweeting it would “go the way of online gambling.” He later called that post “the most costly tweet in history” as MicroStrategy transformed into Bitcoin’s largest corporate 14 Expansion and Market Influence From 2020 onward, Saylor doubled down, using structured financing tools to scale 15 early 2021, the firm had borrowed more than $2 billion to add to its 16 dollar-cost averaging, MicroStrategy continued to buy during downturns, reinforcing the view that Bitcoin was a generational store of 17 impact was 18 2020 and 2024, Strategy’s stock outpaced the S&P 500 and even Bitcoin itself at 19 no longer valued it primarily as a software firm but as a de facto Bitcoin 20 early 2025, the company held over 2% of Bitcoin’s fixed supply, nearly half a million coins worth more than $50 billion. 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦&𝗣 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. 21 — Arkham (@arkham) October 14, 2024 This aggressive accumulation intensified competition for Bitcoin’s limited 22 the first five months of 2025 alone, corporate and institutional buyers spent over $25 billion on Bitcoin.
MicroStrategy’s June 2025 purchase of 10,100 BTC, worth $1.05 billion, further cemented its role as the playbook for corporate treasury 23 the strategy wasn’t without 24 these purchases through debt and equity raised questions about dilution and financial 25 debated whether MicroStrategy had built in resilience or fragility into its balance sheet. What’s clear is Saylor forced Wall Street to think of Bitcoin as a mainstream treasury asset, not a fringe 26 (BTC/USD) Technical Outlook and Future Forecast The Bitcoin price prediction remains bullish, as BTC’s technicals support the accumulation 27 at $116,000, BTC just broke out of the descending channel that had capped momentum since 28 the 50-day EMA at $114,547, and we have bullish momentum; below the 200-day EMA at $93,704, and we have a strong long-term 29 Price Chart –) Combines BTC Security With Solana Speed Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning itself as the first Bitcoin-native Layer 2 powered by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).
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