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Inside Michael Saylor’s $40B Bitcoin Bet: Genius Move or Financial Time Bomb?


by Lisa walter
for CoinEdition

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The Rise of Strategy: From Software Firm to Bitcoin Giant
  • The FT film reveals how Saylor built Strategy into a $60B Bitcoin-holding powerhouse.
  • Michael Saylor forecasts Bitcoin hitting $1M by 2035 and soaring to $13M by 2045.
  • Strategy’s stock jumped 400% in a year, outperforming giants like Apple and Nvidia.

Michael Saylor has rebranded Strategy from a low-profile software firm to a global leader in the corporate acquisition of Bitcoin. The Financial Times’ new movie, “Michael Saylor’s $40BN Bitcoin Bet”, tells the story of how one man’s belief in cryptocurrency transformed the whole enterprise. With 568,840 bitcoins worth nearly $60 billion, Strategy’s approach has stunned both Wall Street and crypto-fanatics.

In August 2020, Saylor started his Bitcoin journey when he invested $250 million from the treasury reserves of the company. That first step soon developed into the strategy of accumulation of a long-term nature. Over the next few years, Strategy spent billions of dollars buying Bitcoin, making a big bet on the future of the digital asset. The company’s valuation increased to over $100 billion in 2025 after Bitcoin’s surge past $100,000.

How Strategy Buys Bitcoin at a Discount

What makes …

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Inside Michael Saylor’s $40B Bitcoin Bet: Genius Move or Financial Time Bomb?


by Lisa walter
for CoinEdition

Share:

The Rise of Strategy: From Software Firm to Bitcoin Giant
  • The FT film reveals how Saylor built Strategy into a $60B Bitcoin-holding powerhouse.
  • Michael Saylor forecasts Bitcoin hitting $1M by 2035 and soaring to $13M by 2045.
  • Strategy’s stock jumped 400% in a year, outperforming giants like Apple and Nvidia.

Michael Saylor has rebranded Strategy from a low-profile software firm to a global leader in the corporate acquisition of Bitcoin. The Financial Times’ new movie, “Michael Saylor’s $40BN Bitcoin Bet”, tells the story of how one man’s belief in cryptocurrency transformed the whole enterprise. With 568,840 bitcoins worth nearly $60 billion, Strategy’s approach has stunned both Wall Street and crypto-fanatics.

In August 2020, Saylor started his Bitcoin journey when he invested $250 million from the treasury reserves of the company. That first step soon developed into the strategy of accumulation of a long-term nature. Over the next few years, Strategy spent billions of dollars buying Bitcoin, making a big bet on the future of the digital asset. The company’s valuation increased to over $100 billion in 2025 after Bitcoin’s surge past $100,000.

How Strategy Buys Bitcoin at a Discount

What makes …

The post Inside Michael Saylor’s $40B Bitcoin Bet: Genius Move or Financial Time Bomb? appeared first on Coin Edition.

Read the article at CoinEdition

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