The post Strategy Joins America’s Elite With $80 Billion Bitcoin Treasury appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin While most corporations still treat Bitcoin as a volatile experiment, Strategy Inc. has turned it into a core financial asset. The company’s Bitcoin holdings, now worth around $80 billion, have elevated it to fifth place among U.S. corporations by reserve size – just behind Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. A chart shared by the firm shows its Bitcoin stash surpassing the cash and short-term reserves of giants like Apple, Meta, NVIDIA, and Tesla, signaling how aggressively Strategy has positioned itself in digital assets. Bitcoin Becomes a Corporate Treasury According to recent SEC filings, Strategy controls 640,031 BTC, acquired at an average cost of $73,983 per coin. The company paused accumulation at the start of October but ended Q3 with a fair market value of $73.21 billion and an unrealized gain of $3.9 billion, boosted by Bitcoin’s rally to $126,000. The firm also recorded a $1.12 billion deferred tax expense due to its growing Bitcoin exposure. While the holdings are profitable, Strategy remains highly leveraged, relying on convertible debt that could restrict flexibility in a downturn. During late September, the company sold small tranches of preferred and common stock – raising $11.3 million in proceeds – while retaining over $4 billion in unsold STRD shares. The board also increased CEO Michael Saylor’s annual security budget from $1.4 million to $2 million, reflecting heightened visibility and operational scale. Missed Opportunities for Big Tech Bitcoin’s surge to a $2.47 trillion market cap has reignited debate about corporate adoption. Both Microsoft and Meta previously rejected proposals to allocate a portion of their cash to Bitcoin when it traded near $100,000, missing double-digit gains. Ethan Peck from the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) continues to advocate for companies to assign 1–5% of cash reserves to Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.… The post Strategy Joins America’s Elite With $80 Billion Bitcoin Treasury appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin While most corporations still treat Bitcoin as a volatile experiment, Strategy Inc. has turned it into a core financial asset. The company’s Bitcoin holdings, now worth around $80 billion, have elevated it to fifth place among U.S. corporations by reserve size – just behind Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. A chart shared by the firm shows its Bitcoin stash surpassing the cash and short-term reserves of giants like Apple, Meta, NVIDIA, and Tesla, signaling how aggressively Strategy has positioned itself in digital assets. Bitcoin Becomes a Corporate Treasury According to recent SEC filings, Strategy controls 640,031 BTC, acquired at an average cost of $73,983 per coin. The company paused accumulation at the start of October but ended Q3 with a fair market value of $73.21 billion and an unrealized gain of $3.9 billion, boosted by Bitcoin’s rally to $126,000. The firm also recorded a $1.12 billion deferred tax expense due to its growing Bitcoin exposure. While the holdings are profitable, Strategy remains highly leveraged, relying on convertible debt that could restrict flexibility in a downturn. During late September, the company sold small tranches of preferred and common stock – raising $11.3 million in proceeds – while retaining over $4 billion in unsold STRD shares. The board also increased CEO Michael Saylor’s annual security budget from $1.4 million to $2 million, reflecting heightened visibility and operational scale. Missed Opportunities for Big Tech Bitcoin’s surge to a $2.47 trillion market cap has reignited debate about corporate adoption. Both Microsoft and Meta previously rejected proposals to allocate a portion of their cash to Bitcoin when it traded near $100,000, missing double-digit gains. Ethan Peck from the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) continues to advocate for companies to assign 1–5% of cash reserves to Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation.…