这家在纳斯达克上市的公司目前账面亏损 3.3 亿美元。
在加密货币的价格跌破软件公司的平均购买价格后，MicroStrategy 对比特币的大量押注陷入困境。
MicroStrategy and its entities currently hold 129,218 bitcoins, bought at an average price of $30,700. The current bitcoin price is around $28,200, which translates to a paper loss of $330 million — although MicroStrategy hasn’t realized the loss by selling any bitcoin.
Amid broader market fallout, MicroStrategy’s stock price has also declined sharply over the past few days. It closed at $168 on Wednesday, bringing the decline this week to 45%.
Microstrategy and its CEO Michael Saylor have become poster children for bitcoin enthusiasm after going all in on the cryptocurrency. MicroStrategy first purchased bitcoin on its balance sheet in August 2020, when Saylor told The Block that bitcoin is a superior asset for a treasury given it is deflationary by design.
“Gold is defective in the 21st century,” he said at the time. “It boils down to a very simple principle. It’s going to debase between 2% and 4% a year, certainly over the next hundred years.” As for the dollar, Saylor said, the problem is monetary policy expansion and inflation — which comes at the cost of purchasing power.
Bitcoin bull
Saylor has since maintained his bullish stance on bitcoin. For instance, he recently tweeted: “One thing matters more than the rest. #Bitcoin.”
MicroStrategy 还经常表示，无论其价格走势如何，它都会继续购买比特币，因为它长期押注于加密货币。 Saylor 在去年年底的一次采访中告诉 The Block，该公司有两个战略：第一个是发展其商业软件业务，第二个是“将我们多余的现金流投资于比特币，并长期持有它。”
有债务支持
值得注意的是，MicroStrategy 的比特币赌注由超过 20 亿美元的债务资助。 该公司已经采取了几笔可转换和担保贷款来购买加密货币。
最近，持有大部分比特币的 MicroStrategy 子公司 MacroStrategy 从 Silvergate 银行获得了 2.05 亿美元的比特币抵押定期贷款，用于购买比特币等目的。
Saylor 似乎并不关心比特币的价格下跌。 他本周早些时候在推特上表示，MicroStrategy 可以质押 115,109 比特币，即使比特币的价格跌破 3,562 美元，该公司“也可以发布一些其他抵押品”。
MicroStrategy 并不是唯一一家在账面上出现比特币亏损的公司。
在加密货币市场动荡的情况下，埃隆马斯克的特斯拉和资金短缺的国家萨尔瓦多也目睹了他们的比特币押注亏损。
The Block 联系了 Saylor 征求意见，但截至发稿时尚未收到回复。
