MicroStrategy saw its stock rise 15% on Monday, following Bitcoin's surge to $65,000 with double-digit gains.
MicroStrategy’s Strong Performance MicroStrategy (MSTR) has consistently outperformed Bitcoin, with a 22% jump in the last week versus Bitcoin’s 13%. Since January, MSTR has soared 135%, compared to Bitcoin’s 44% gain. Over the past year, MSTR has increased by 258%.
This growth is tied to MicroStrategy’s substantial Bitcoin reserves. The company announced a 10:1 stock split to make shares more accessible. Since integrating Bitcoin into its reserves, MSTR has outpaced major tech stocks like Nvidia.
To outperform $NVDA – get on the #Bitcoin Standard. pic.twitter.com/Dp361BFfPi
— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) July 15, 2024
The crypto market’s recovery, alongside Wall Street’s rally, has also boosted other crypto stocks like Coinbase (COIN) and Marathon Digital (MARA).
Inspired by MicroStrategy’s success, other companies are adding Bitcoin to their balance sheets to boost stock performance. Japan’s Metaplanet has acquired 225 Bitcoins in two months, leading to a 500% rise in its share price.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has spotlighted a significant acceleration in institutional crypto adoption, driven largely by the surging popularity of exchange-traded funds and increased use of Coinbase Prime among major corporations.
Jefferies chief market strategist David Zervos believes an upcoming power shift at the Federal Reserve could benefit U.S. equity markets.
Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto custody bank, is urging its institutional clients to move away from major stablecoins like USDC, Agora USD (AUSD), and Usual USD (USD0), recommending instead a shift to the Global Dollar (USDG) — a stablecoin issued by Paxos and backed by a consortium that includes Anchorage itself.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has voiced concerns over the rise of zero-knowledge (ZK) digital identity projects, specifically warning that systems like World — formerly Worldcoin and backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman — could undermine pseudonymity in the digital world.