- Analyst predicts 25% of S&P 500 companies will hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets by 2030.
- MicroStrategy‘s Bitcoin treasury strategy has resulted in over 2,000% stock growth since 2020, outperforming both Bitcoin and the S&P 500.
- GameStop recently joined the trend, announcing a $1.3 billion convertible note to acquire Bitcoin.
Corporate America is steadily embracing Bitcoin as a treasury asset, with one analyst forecasting that a quarter of S&P 500 companies will include the cryptocurrency on their balance sheets by the end of the decade. This shift represents a fundamental change in how major corporations view digital assets as part of their financial strategy.
Elliot Chun, a partner at Architect Partners, projected this corporate adoption trend in a recent market analysis. “Across all the different strategies and implementations, I anticipate that by 2030, a quarter of the S&P 500 will have BTC somewhere on their balance sheets as a long-term asset,” Chun wrote.
The strategy of holding Bitcoin as a treasury reserve was pioneered by MicroStrategy (formerly known as Strategy) in August 2020. Under then-CEO Michael Saylor, the company positioned Bitcoin as protection against inflation, a portfolio diversification tool, and a market differentiator.
This bold approach transformed MicroStrategy into an unofficial Bitcoin investment vehicle. Since implementing this strategy, the company’s stock has surged by more than 2,000%, significantly outperforming both Bitcoin itself and the S&P 500 index over the same timeframe.
GameStop has become the latest major company to join this movement, announcing plans to raise $1.3 billion through a convertible note specifically to acquire Bitcoin. While GameStop’s stock initially jumped following the announcement, it subsequently experienced a 15% decline for the week, demonstrating the volatility that can accompany such strategic shifts.
Chun suggests that corporate treasurers may soon face greater professional risk by avoiding Bitcoin than by adopting it, stating, “Doing nothing is no longer a defensible strategy.”
According to data from BitcoinTreasuries, publicly traded companies currently hold 665,618 BTC, representing approximately 3.17% of Bitcoin’s total supply. MicroStrategy dominates this corporate Bitcoin holding with 506,137 BTC in its treasury.
As more companies consider this approach, Bitcoin’s integration into traditional corporate finance continues to gain momentum, potentially normalizing what was once viewed as an unconventional treasury strategy.
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