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by rchaud 1889 days ago
> MicroStrategy said last week it owns around 91,579 bitcoins. Its holdings, worth around $5.5 billion according to a Reuters calculation, are equal to around 80% of its $6.8 billion market capitalisation.

Why would a software company buy this volume of this highly volatile crypto and put it on its balance sheet? Wouldn't the board object?