Once upon a time, back in 1989, a sharp mind named Michael Saylor co-founded a software company called MicroStrategy.
You may have heard about it. Fast forward decades, the game flips, and this ain’t your typical software story anymore.
Nope. It’s about activating the boss mode, owning a colossal stash of Bitcoin, like nobody else.
$MSTR trades at a premium to Bitcoin NAV due to Credit Amplification, an Options Advantage, Passive Flows, and superior Institutional Access that equity and credit instruments provide compared to commodities. pic.twitter.com/AYQlytS4ID
— Michael Saylor (@saylor) August 13, 2025
Debasement-resistance
For a long-long time, MicroStrategy was your everyday business-intelligence tech seller, dealing with companies like McDonald’s.
But then, in August 2020, something happened. Saylor threw down serious cash, about $250 million, buying Bitcoin when others were wary.
The mission? Hedge against that sneaky cash devaluation creeping in. Inflation, in plain English. And that move exploded.
Today, Strategy holds over 628,000 BTC, worth roughly $75 billion at today’s prices. That’s just under 3% of all Bitcoin ever mined. Talk about owning a piece of the pie.
Borrowing and credit amplification
Michael Saylor didn’t just buy and hold like a regular investor. No, this guy’s playing chess while others play checkers.
Strategy ramps up its exposure by borrowing, doubling even quadrupling its Bitcoin stack using the so-called credit amplification method.
Basically, issuing convertible notes and preferred stock to pull cash from equity and credit markets, tools the average Bitcoin owner dreams of but can’t touch.
This financial muscle flex turns Strategy’s stock into a Bitcoin proxy on steroids.
While Bitcoin floats around $120,000, Saylor’s stock has hit near $400, trading at a premium because investors aren’t just betting on Bitcoin’s price.
They’re betting on leverage, liquidity, and Wall Street access. And it works.
The ultimate play
Strategy’s stock lands itself in big league indices like NASDAQ 100 and Russell 1000, meaning passive funds keep raining cash, regardless of Bitcoin’s mood swings.
So, even when Bitcoin gets volatile, Saylor’s company rides steady, raising billions through clever financial engineering.
This year alone, millions poured into new preferred shares to fund furious Bitcoin buys.
So, Strategy is now a Bitcoin treasury machine, designing financial products around digital capital.
Saylor’s vision is pretty clear, wrap Bitcoin in investment tools that tame volatility and offer premium yield.
For investors craving Bitcoin exposure with an extra punch, more firepower, more reach, Strategy is the ultimate play. The golden joker in the deck.
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📅 Published: August 14, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: August 14, 2025
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