02/18/2021
The MicroStrategy Bitcoin playbook was foreshadowed in 2014
$MSTR is borrowing $900M at a 0% interest rate, and pouring it all into Bitcoin. All companies can follow this playbook. They borrow against their stock at near zero rates, and use those dollars purchase Bitcoin. This strategy boils down to a speculative attack against the dollar, betting on it's continued depreciation.
The crux of the argument lies in the dichotomy of two forms of money: The first, US Dollars, which are designed to slowly lose purchasing power throughout time via inflation, quantitative easing, and fiscal spending. The second, Bitcoin, which is a money that is hard-capped, and designed to become more scarce over time. The speculation is that this trend will continue throughout time, and more people will borrow the weaker money to stockpile that harder money. MicroStrategy is the first to take advantage of the cheap debt available to large corporations, and likely not the last.
Bitcoin naysayers1 wring their hands over how Bitcoin can't go mainstream. They gleefully worry that Bitcoin will not make it across the innovation chasm: