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A De Facto Bitcoin ETF? MicroStrategy Is Raising $400M to Buy More BTC
Michael Saylor announced plans to offer convertible bonds with the express intent to buy BTC. The community reacts.
Michael Saylor announced plans to offer convertible bonds with the express intent to buy BTC. The community reacts.
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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch LVL.co.
Today on the Brief:
- BBVA set to offer crypto trading and custody
- Wells Fargo discusses bitcoin in recent investor memo
- Square launches Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative with $10 million
Our main discussion: Michael Saylor is back at it.
The CEO of MicroStrategy and Giga Chad himself announced MicroStrategy would be offering $400 million in convertible bonds with the intent to purchase more bitcoin.
On this episode, NLW looks at the community’s reaction, including the comparison of MSTR stock to a BTC exchange-traded fund. He also discusses Saylor’s recent comments about censorship resistance as a reminder of the (potentially) divergent values of bitcoin retail HODLers and institutional investors.
See also: MicroStrategy Plans $400M Raise; Net Proceeds Will Fund More Bitcoin Buys
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
