MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve Asset

Re:MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve ... by nostrademons on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:18PM (#24125476)

I think a store of value is exactly what MicroStrategy (and other large institutional buyers of crypto) are looking for right now.

If it gets to the point where people will be calling on their Bitcoin reserves, the IRS will no longer be a going concern, at least one that anyone will be paying attention to. It's insurance against the collapse of governments, and so any government regulation other than ones affecting its storage & ownership aren't relevant.

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Re:MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve ... by f00zz on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:13PM (#24126635)

Note that places where the local currency is actually collapsing aren't seeing much cryptocurrency adoption. In Argentina people just buy USD. In Zimbabwe people were using equities in the local stock market as hedge against inflation [1].

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-06/for-zimba...

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Re:MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve ... by d0gbread on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:29PM (#24128050)

Compared to what.

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