The race for technological domination seems likely to go through Bitcoin, if we are to believe the recent comments of Michael Saylor. The president of MicroStrategy suggested during a podcast that Apple would be better off spending $100 billion on Bitcoin rather than stock buybacks. The idea? Transform the tech giant into a major player in finance. But, behind this audacious vision, hides a plan as ambitious as it is intriguing, which is setting the crypto-sphere on fire.
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin as a strategic springboard
Michael Saylor doesn't beat around the bush: for him, Bitcoin is much more than just a speculative asset. Duringa recent appearancehe proposed thatApple uses its 47 billion cash reserves to buy bitcoin.
According to him, such an investment would make it possible to multiply the value of this sum by fivewhile growing Apple's business by 20% per year.
“ You Could Add a Trillion Dollars to Apple's Market Cap “, he said.
And that's not all. For Saylor, the integration of bitcoin into the brand's ecosystem could go even further by turning the iPhone or Apple Watch into security devices for crypto transactions.
- $17.1 billion: this is the current value of Bitcoin reserves held by MicroStrategy;
- 182%: this is the increase in MicroStrategy shares since the start of the year;
- 240 BTC: this is the number of additional Bitcoins recently acquired by the Japanese company Metaplanet, nicknamed “Asia’s MicroStrategy”.
BTC: Apple’s next growth area?
The cryptosphere has been agitated since Michael Saylor's famous tweet where he shared the image of a blue apple emblazoned with the Bitcoin logo, accompanied by the text “Take a ₿ite”. This wink was enough to start speculation about un potential investment by Apple in the queen of cryptocurrencies.
Although no official confirmation has been given, the idea of a alliance between Apple and Bitcoin could shake up the financial sector.
Last June, Saylor already mentioned the idea ofintegrate Bitcoin multi-signature solutions into Apple devices. According to him, “ the future largest financial institution in the world could well be Apple “.
The company, by integrating secure solutions linked to cryptos into its products, could thus solidify institutional adoption of bitcoin and usher in a new era of digital finance.
Furthermore, it seems that MicroStrategy is developing a bold plan combining Bitcoin and a trillion. Disproportionate ambition or the beginnings of a new financial era?
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