{"id":35983,"date":"2021-02-07T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T08:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=35983"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:02:01","slug":"microstrategy-ceos-view-on-bitcoins-potential-attracts-6900-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/microstrategy-ceos-view-on-bitcoins-potential-attracts-6900-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"MicroStrategy CEO&#8217;s view on Bitcoin&#8217;s potential attracts 6,900 companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the \u201cBitcoin for Corporations\u201d program as part of MicroStrategy&#8217;s annual conference for analytics software, representatives from 6,917 different enterprises participated.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In total, 22,031 participants registered for the online MicroStrategy World 2021 conference, of whom 8,197 were interested in listening to MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor&#8217;s talk on Bitcoin&#8217;s potential, how corporations can integrate it and what advantages they would gain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicroStrategy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MicroStrategy<\/a> World 2021 was a great success, with 22,031 registrants. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> for Corporations program attracted 8,197 attendees from 6,917 different enterprises. All sessions are free &#038; uploaded here, along with our Bitcoin Corporate Playbook.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8KKB7m0EvK\">https:\/\/t.co\/8KKB7m0EvK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@michael_saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1358098129489440769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the event, attendees were also briefed on legal and financial aspects of Bitcoin, including taxation.<\/p>\n<p>The conference took place February 3-4 in a live format, and Saylor described the response to \u201cBitcoin for Corporations\u201d as \u201coverwhelming\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are excited to host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> for Corporations today. Response has been overwhelming, all sessions are live, and we will be covering material never before presented online. \u201cStuff I wish someone had told me a year ago.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BKcZUGDMvi\">https:\/\/t.co\/BKcZUGDMvi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@michael_saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1356975573227208704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All talks and materials are publicly available on the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstrategy.com\/en\/resources\/events\/world-2021\/on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MicroStrategy became the first publicly traded company to move part of its capital into Bitcoin. In August 2018 the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-becomes-the-first-nasdaq-listed-company-to-invest-part-of-its-capital-in-bitcoin\">bought 21,454 BTC<\/a>. In the following month the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-bets-another-175-million-on-bitcoin\">added another 16,796 BTC<\/a> to its reserves in the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>After these deals Saylor valued the company&#8217;s Bitcoin holdings at $425 million, including fees and expenses. At the time of writing these 38,250 BTC were worth $1.48 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The company continued investing in digital gold \u2014 the largest purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-invests-another-650-million-in-bitcoin\">was 29,646 BTC<\/a> in December for $650 million, which the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-raises-650-million-for-bitcoin-purchase\">raised through debt financing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since August 2020, MicroStrategy&#8217;s shares have risen from $123 to $806, and market capitalization approached $7.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124205\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/microstrategy-stock-Poisk-v-Google-Google-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"MicroStrategy CEO's view on Bitcoin's potential attracts 6,900 companies\" width=\"646\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/microstrategy-stock-Poisk-v-Google-Google-Chrome.jpg 646w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/microstrategy-stock-Poisk-v-Google-Google-Chrome-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In January, Michael Saylor said the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-to-explore-new-bitcoin-investment-opportunities\">will continue to invest free cash flow in Bitcoin<\/a> and would consider other opportunities to invest in the leading cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>\u041f\u043e\u0434\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 ForkLog \u0432 Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 \u0432\u0441\u044f \u043b\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438 \u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u044b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the &#8216;Bitcoin for Corporations&#8217; program at MicroStrategy&#8217;s annual analytics software conference, representatives from 6,917 different enterprises participated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52,1207],"class_list":["post-35983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-investments","tag-microstrategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"67","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35985,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35983\/revisions\/35985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}