“If you want to win the next billion dollars, call me.”

Michael Saylor, president of MicroStrategy, sent a clear message to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella through a public post on X. The message, which includes a direct invitation to discuss investment strategies in bitcoin (BTC), comes in a at which time the National Center for Public Policy Research recommended Microsoft consider investing in BTC.

This center highlighted the performance of MicroStrategy, whose shares have risen 313% this year, according to his calculations. The foundation stressed that this was achieved with a “fraction of the business that Microsoft must do.”

In response, Saylor tagged to Nadella with the message: “If you want to make the next billion dollars for Microsoft shareholders, call me.”.

As reported by CriptoNoticias, MicroStrategy shares reached all-time highs in recent days, driven mainly by Saylor’s company’s bitcoin investment strategy.

MicroStrategy has become the publicly traded company with the largest amount of bitcoinexceeding 250,000 BTC, which represents a fortune of more than 16 billion dollars at the current price. The company’s vision is that BTC is more than a speculative asset, but a long-term store of value, which leads it to acquire large amounts of bitcoin each time.

In that context, the National Center for Public Policy Research openly advocated for diversification into bitcoin. According to the center, Microsoft shareholders should consider including BTC on company balance sheets as a measure to protect long-term interests. They point out that bitcoin “has increased 99.7% compared to last year and 414% compared to five years ago.”

These comments from the center follow the announcement that Microsoft is evaluating investing in bitcoin. As reported by CriptoNoticias, the American company revealed before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that this strategy will be voted on at the company’s next shareholder meeting.

Although Microsoft’s Board of Shareholders has recommended voting against that proposal, under the premise that a formal evaluation is unnecessary, given that Microsoft management is already constantly reviewing this and other assets.

Microsoft’s Global Treasury and Investment Services team, responsible for managing the company’s liquidity and operating funds, considers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as investment options. This team actively monitors cryptocurrency market trends, including their volatility and potential as portfolio diversifiers or inflation protectors.

The Board’s recommendation reflects confidence in Microsoft’s internal processes for managing its treasury, highlighting that additional evaluation requested by the proposal it would not add significant value beyond what is already done. This stance can also be interpreted as a sign of caution towards adopting such volatile assets as bitcoin for the treasury of a company that requires financial predictability for its global operations.

Institutional adoption of bitcoin is becoming more common

In addition to highlighting the success of MicroStrategy, the center mentioned the growing institutional and corporate adoption of bitcoin, ensuring that “it is becoming more common”. “Microsoft’s second largest shareholder, BlackRock, offers its clients bitcoin exchange-traded funds,” the entity noted.

the center argues that, although bitcoin is more volatile than corporate bonds, “it is an excellent, if not the best, inflation hedge asset and therefore companies should not put their shareholders’ value at risk by ignoring it.”

“At a minimum, they should evaluate the benefits of accumulating something, even just 1% of all their assets in BTC,” the research foundation said.

Microsoft’s adoption of bitcoin could have a significant impact on the cryptocurrency market. Institutional adoption of BTC has been seen as a catalyst for the increase in its price.

There are great expectations for the price of the asset in the coming years, as reported by CriptoNoticias. Microsoft, being the third most valuable company in the world after Apple and Nvidia, could not only increase the value of your investment, but also positively influence the perception and value of bitcoin in the global market.

Microsoft is at a turning point. On December 10, the company will decide whether to adopt a strategy with bitcoin, which could not only diversify its investments, but also position it as one of the whales in the market, along with others such as Marathon, Riot, Tesla and Coinbase, who have already invested significantly in BTC.

The recommendation of the National Center for Public Policy Research and the clear interest of Michael Saylor in advising Microsoft on this path, mark a chapter in the corporate adoption of bitcoin. Microsoft’s decision could be a milestone, nor just for your own financial strategy, but for the future of the bitcoin ecosystem.

This article was created using artificial intelligence and edited by a human Editor.