Look, I do know I’m late to the social gathering.
I keep in mind overlaying the information of MicroStrategy’s first bitcoin purchase, and I’ve watched the inventory rise from $14 to $400 per share. All that point, I didn’t purchase.
But, this previous Friday, for the primary time since 2018, I purchased shares — particularly MicroStrategy (MSTR) and a pair different corporations additionally holding bitcoin on their stability sheets. It was one thing I by no means thought I’d do once more.
In 2018, I offered all my shares for extra bitcoin when the worth crashed into the $3,000 vary, and I’ve not bought another asset than bitcoin since then.
That modified this week. I used to be studying this fascinating thread from Jeremy Garcia, founder and CEO of Satoshi’s Journal, and he was summarizing MicroStrategy’s Q3 2024 earnings name from earlier this 12 months. It made me come to some realizations.
First, if bitcoin goes to reach reaching a worth within the lots of of thousands and thousands and past, then it is sensible to get some publicity to an organization that now holds 446,400 BTC, is buying and selling within the Nasdaq 100 Index, and has the longer term potential of becoming a member of the S&P 500.
A strategic bitcoin reserve technique has the potential to make MicroStrategy one of the crucial, if not essentially the most, helpful firm on the earth, and MicroStrategy is barely going to proceed to purchase extra bitcoin, in response to Michael Saylor himself.
If MicroStrategy is to change into the world’s Most worthy firm, then their inventory worth at present can be extraordinarily undervalued to what it will be at that time sooner or later. Why wouldn’t I purchase some? I already really feel dumb sufficient for not shopping for any. Positive my bitcoin has carried out extraordinarily nicely, however MSTR has outperformed bitcoin.
I do know I may simply purchase spot bitcoin, and perhaps that’s the most secure play to make. However I’ve additionally been accumulating bitcoin for a very long time, and am excited by allocating some capital to purchase shares in corporations additionally betting on bitcoin’s future success.
I’d be incomes extra fiat that I may then take and purchase extra bitcoin (if the shares outperform BTC) however even when they don’t, it offers me the chance to take revenue and use it for all times bills.
One other factor at the back of my thoughts is, what if one thing unexpected occurs sooner or later and I mess up and lose my bitcoin stack because of a private error.
I’ll admit, I’ve nervousness realizing that regardless that I’ve thought out my bitcoin custody, and brought the mandatory steps to correctly safe my cash, one thing may nonetheless go fallacious.
On this means, the considered having another belongings to fall again on simply in case is a constructive.
Look, I’m bullish on bitcoin. And if bitcoin succeeds then I believe the businesses, people, and international locations adopting it would probably succeed as nicely.
I like successful, and need to get some publicity to corporations additionally successful massive. If I’m fallacious on these bets then so be it, it’s solely a small allocation to my general portfolio. However the potential upside is definitely worth the time and danger I believe.
None of that is monetary recommendation, I’m simply sharing my ideas on what I’m doing as a Bitcoiner. For now, meaning I’m shopping for MSTR.
This text is a Take. Opinions expressed are solely the creator’s and don’t essentially replicate these of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Journal.
