MicroStrategy is hoovering up tons of bitcoin. Getting 1% of the total supply could be in reach. Is it a problem that one entity controls so much of the supply?
Not a problem at all.50.9%
It's not ideal, but no biggie.40.4%
It's hurting btc.3.5%
It's a serious problem.5.3%
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Saylor just needs to buy an insurance company now so he can invest the float in Bitcoin.
I wonder what the price has to go to before other public corps start copying the strategy. It is hard to replicate. You need control over the board, a business that spins off a lot of cash and a slightly crazy CEO/Founder. Even if Musk was a true bitcoiner (clearly not) the strategy was never going to work for a capital intensive company like Tesla. Software, financial services, insurance, all good candidates.
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I wonder what the price has to go to before other public corps start copying the strategy
Maybe if it dropped to 15k like some predict it may.
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Yup, they're in a unique spot for sure. I love the guy's boldness and decisiveness, wish he would direct some of the energy in an adjacent direction.
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It has the potential to be a serious problem. Price manipulation is a major possibility when controlling 1% of the supply, as the 24hr transaction volume is only about 2% of total supply, according to Coinbase. Another possibility is jamming the network with spam transactions, which can be used for example in a LN double spend attack
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I assume the government will seize it at some point.
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I think it'd be better if MicroStrategy were to find ways to use BTC as funds and interact with the greater ecosystem, otherwise people will continue to view it as a way to get rich
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I'd lean towards the laissez-faire side here. They will do what they want to do and if that destroys Bitcoin, Bitcoin is trash and it's not worth defending. And if Bitcoin is indestructible, it doesn't need defending.
You can only build a sound financial system on something that's robust, and it's not robust if it relies on people being selfless and not wanting to enrich themselves. The power of Bitcoin is that acting out of self interest aligns with the greater good; in fiat it doesn't.
If people continue to view Bitcoin as a way to get rich and avoid it for that reason, I'll happily scoop up those cheap sats they leave on the table until their ignorance diminishes and they start buying too. Because eventually it will.
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Couldn't agree more. MicroStrategy is such a fascinating example, where they make a lot of money, and they could devote a portion of that money to serving / incubating / nurturing the broader ecosystem, instead of going through all these gymnastics to buy btc.
They've already got so much btc that they will be rich beyond imagining if things work out well. Seems so much more opportunity to use their unique position to invest in supporting the dirty work that always languishes -- supporting devs, helping w/ testing and documentation, developing and releasing tools into the community, etc. A million bucks spent doing that seems so much more valuable than buying another million bucks in btc, for a variety of reasons.
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Microstrategy is levered to wazoo to acquire it. But it's not like if you or I take out loans to acquire BTC. It favors the small retail guy. We can default on the loans and keep the BTC (cold storage). Microstrategy is a public company with a custodian. They can't default without losing their entire stack. Bitcoin volatility is the great equalizer. It's what makes it so fair and so deadly for TradFi gamers. Volatility is BTC's best evangelist. Microstrategy is never safe from getting rekt
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I learned recently that US companies can not self custody btc, instead they must use a qualified custodian. Can someone confirm this please?
What is the point of the SEC confirming BTC is not a security when is de facto being used as one!?
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It's possible their are several entities and even individuals with as many BTC as MS. So if we have to be worried of somebody dumping the price it's not MS in the first place IMO
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Doesn’t make a difference to the bitcoin network but just wondering why would anyone keep buying their stocks when Saylor keep diluting it while using the funds to stack sats.
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Microstrategy is a ridiculous example of a ridiculous company. They are literally moon bois in the time of idiot trolls trying to sell you fiat garbage. They are like conspiracy theorists sayings aliens are real. To normies bitcoin is some stupid get rich quick scheme. But Saylor has like a pretty good IQ and is way smarter than me, and he's using the cantillion effect to F sh*&^ up! just you watch he's gonna do really well in the next few years
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Saylor is betting on a future where the dollar is worthless. Or worth lese. He then at least has a bank account with liquiq digital gold in it.
He understands that having a company that produces 25% more in earnings is not enough to just keep the purchasing power of the stock holders. That is why he saves in Bitcoin.
Everybody can do that. And most will want to when it is too late.
You will see multi millionnairs, going to Blackrock and dumping stocks and bonds and running to Bitcoin ETFS, exchanges to jist get a piece of Bitcoin for any price.
If you know what the CBDC system will do with fiat money you would run right now.
So Saylor is just creating a big savings bank for his stock holders. A bitcoin bank.
And if you want you can buy Microstrategy stock too and own a piece of that bank.
Everybody can. It is a public traded stock.
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