The world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin has resumed its accumulation spree after three months on the sidelines. Additionally, the Michael Saylor-founder business intelligence giant has repaid its Bitcoin-collateralized loan to Silvegate at a substantial discount. The former company CEO took it to Twitter on March 27 to announce the latest bitcoin purchase from his...Read More
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia has dismissed a civil complaint against American business intelligence company MicroStrategy, which alleged that the firm helped its co-founder Michael Saylor evade income tax payments. According to a recent filing, Saylor and MicroStrategy filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in October, and the court ruled in...Read More
Michael Saylor, the co-founder and executive chairman of American business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, has shared what he thinks will happen to bitcoin (BTC) in the next eight years while outlining how it will come into play. In a recent interview with Cory Klippsten, the founder and CEO of Swan Bitcoin, Saylor noted that he sees...Read More
The American business intelligence corporation – MicroStrategy – bought 3,205 BTC between November 1 and December 24. The company sold 704 BTC on December 22, meaning its total holdings currently stand at 132,251 BTC. The largest BTC corporate holder – MicroStrategy – continues following its bitcoin agenda purchasing more amounts of the primary cryptocurrency. It...Read More
MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor spoke on Tuesday about the layers of evil and mismanagement behind FTX’s collapse last month. The executive accused the exchange’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, of both committing securities fraud through FTT, and using the asset as collateral to gamble away his depositor’s money. Dissecting the FTX Fraud In an interview...Read More
The Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy and prominent bitcoin bull – Michael Saylor – likened the CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – to the notorious Jordan Belfort, also known as “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In his view, SBF “was using stolen money” and cooperated with corrupt regulators to keep his business going. Make a...Read More
The largest BTC corporate holder – MicroStrategy – posted a minimal impairment charge of $727,000 on its bitcoin ownings in Q3, 2022 due to the relatively stable price of the asset during that period. The company purchased additional 301 coins between July and October, rounding up its total holdings to 130,000 BTC. The Q3 Results...Read More
The Bitcoin-loving billionaire Michael Saylor has spent months pushing for rule changes surrounding cryptocurrencies and their accounting procedures. On Wednesday, was finally granted his wish.The Financial Accounting Services Board (FASB) has agreed to adopt fair value accounting procedures for digital assets. This will theoretically make assets like Bitcoin more attractive for companies to hold on...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposing a penalty of $1.26 million on reality star Kim Kardashian carries an important message about the regulator’s conviction on cracking down on sketchier corners of the cryptocurrency world. While many in the community acted in disbelief, others felt Kardashian was an easy target and that the...Read More
The largest BTC corporate holder – MicroStrategy – has stayed true to its word by making another bitcoin purchase earlier today. The firm accumulated 301 coins at an average price below $20,000 and rounded up its entire stash to 130,000. MicroStrategy’s founder and executive chairman – Michael Saylor – took it to Twitter today to...Read More
MicroStrategy’s Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has published a letter clearing his thoughts on Bitcoin mining and its impact on the environment and energy systems. He argued that Bitcoin mining is, in reality, far less of an environmental issue than it is often made out to be. Rather, he believes it wouldn’t be on the public...Read More
The largest corporate bitcoin holder has filed a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that will essentially allow it to purchase more BTC for up to $500 million. The news comes as the cryptocurrency surged past the $20,000 level and jumped to a new two-week high. The filing with the securities regulator...Read More
The attorney general of the District of Columbia (DC), Karl Racine, accused Michael Saylor of failing in his tax obligations while living in DC while also alleging that his company, business intelligence giant MicroStrategy, aided Saylor’s tax avoidance. The MicroStrategy executive is one of the biggest advocates of bitcoin and has remained bullish on the...Read More
The former Chief Executive Officer of MicroStrategy – Michael Saylor – abdicated from his post and took another role at the firm. He will serve as an Executive Chairman of the Board, particularly focused on bitcoin advocacy. The news positively impacted MicroStrategy’s shares, surging by 15% within 48 hours after the announcement. Earlier this week,...Read More
Michael Saylor – CEO and founder of the largest corporate BTC holder MicroStrategy – reiterated his bullish stance on the company’s bitcoin strategy and, once again, shook off the rumor regarding a margin call hitting some of the firm’s holdings. Saylor restated his commitment to continue purchasing bitcoin as well. On the Bitcoin Strategy Despite...Read More
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has revealed a sweeping U.S. crypto legalization and regulation bill. Her lead advisor for the initiative, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, believes bitcoin is a commodity, not a security. The U.S. crypto bill seems to have the support among crypto industry insiders of both Bitcoin maximalists and the Ethereum / DeFi /...Read More
Octagon Networks – a cyber security company headquartered in Addis Ababa – converted its entire balance sheet and all its liquid assets into the primary cryptocurrency. In addition, it embraced bitcoin as a payment method for its services. ‘Bitcoin Will Lead the World Toward a Better Future’ The Ethiopia-based Octagon Networks declared its firm support...Read More
The frantic price action in the cryptocurrency market does not seem to faze the uber-bullish billionaire CEO of tech firm MicroStrategy. Michael Saylor has yet another bold prediction for Bitcoin, even as his favorite cryptocurrency struggles to hold on to the $30,000-mark. The exec, who started to build up his Bitcoin reserve in 2020, reiterated...Read More
Prompted by the ongoing crash of the cryptocurrency market, Michael Saylor’s company – MicroStrategy – is now in a state of unrealized loss regarding its bitcoin holdings. The organization is the largest corporate holder of the primary digital asset, owning nearly 130,000 BTC. Despite the grim condition of the industry, Michael Saylor remains bullish, predicting...Read More
Michael Saylor – CEO of the software platform MicroStrategy – said investing in his company is almost like allocating funds in the still nonexistent in the USA – Bitcoin spot ETF. His organization is known as one of the most prominent BTC HODLers as it owns over $5.5 billion worth of the primary cryptocurrency. MicroStrategy...Read More
In a letter addressed to MicroStrategy’s stockholders on Thursday, the company’s CEO Micheal Saylor doubled down on his conviction of continuing its years-long bitcoin buying spree. The paper aimed to pave the foundation for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled on May 22nd, 2022. The CEO also promised that MicroStrategy, the publicly traded company with...Read More
Michael Saylor, the CEO of Microstrategy, and Cathie Wood, CEO of Arch Invest, held a panel at the Miami 2022 Bitcoin conference on Thursday. The two tech investors shared an optimistic vision for the largest cryptocurrency, setting ambitious price targets. “People ask me if I’m still bullish on Bitcoin. I am more bullish than ever...Read More
Michael Saylor, CEO of business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, believes that the financial market is not ready to have a Bitcoin-backed bond. Meanwhile, El Salvador has postponed the launch of its BTC-backed volcano bonds. Now is Not the Time for a Bitcoin-Backed Bond In a recent interview with Bloomberg, the MicroStrategy CEO, while not generally opposed...Read More
Some regulatory bodies worldwide are becoming more oppressive and hostile towards Bitcoin and digital assets. This has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as policymakers mistakenly think that the former will suddenly switch to using cryptocurrencies. Other watchdogs are growing concerned about the excessive energy demands of proof-of-work Bitcoin mining (though it still...Read More
The NASDAQ-listed software giant will have a two-day virtual event to educate large businesses about the merits coming from putting BTC on their balance sheets and many more initiatives related to the cryptocurrency. Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s CEO and a prominent bitcoin bull, announced the event on his Twitter account on Sunday, informing that it will...Read More
A confirmed scam address impersonating MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor has received over $1.1 million in bitcoin in January alone. The CEO of the NASDAQ-listed company later revealed that his team reports such addresses almost constantly but to little-to-no avail. Impersonating scams in the crypto industry are a growing threat in which the perpetrators pretend to be...Read More
MicroStrategy – the company, spearheaded by one of the most popular and prominent Bitcoin permabulls, Michael Saylor – announced today that it had bought another $94 million worth of BTC. MicroStrategy has definitely made a name for itself in the past couple of years when it comes to acquiring BTC. Today, Saylor announced that the...Read More
Impersonation scams are a growing threat in the cryptocurrency community, and a large number of victims continue to fall for them. The latest such example involved MicroStrategy’s CEO, and someone sent two BTC to a fake giveaway address using his name. In giveaway scams, bad actors typically impersonate a well-known figure and promote deceiving campaigns...Read More
The NASDAQ-listed tech giant, spearheaded by Michael Saylor, continues its BTC buying spree after another substantial purchase worth more than $80 million. Michael Saylor, one of the most prominent bitcoin advocates, who is also the founder and CEO of MicroStrategy, announced the latest purchase earlier on December 9th. The company has accumulated another 1,434 coins...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of two Bitcoin futures ETFs last week has cemented the asset class among institutional investors. They can now get exposure without having any technical knowledge of it whatsoever. Financial advisors can now also allocate a proportion of client portfolios to Bitcoin. MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor...Read More
