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Katie Griefeld

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Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

But let's talk a little bit first about MicroStrategy's premium to its underlying Bitcoin holdings, the MNAV, if you will.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

So it's interesting, if you take a look at the past few months, MicroStrategy or strategy shares have actually been underperforming Bitcoin.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

That has taken your premium down to about 1.4 times.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

And I would love to hear your perspective on why that dynamic exists.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Is it something about the market?

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Is it the fact that you have all these digital asset treasury companies coming to the fore?

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Or is it something else?

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Well, when we talk about the premium, and it's been at lower levels, but you think about the premium coming down, I think it was closer to two a couple of months ago.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Is that something that concerns you as you look at these different types of financing vehicles that you have?

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Not a big concern.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

It's interesting.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

I mean, you think about the position that you hold when it comes to Bitcoin, which is basically never sell.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

You hold forever.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

And then I was listening to a conversation this morning with Tim Draper on BTV with Matt Miller, who was saying that Bitcoin is the currency of the future.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

You're going to have a day where you have US retailers using Bitcoin instead of US currency.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

And it falls into basically the store of value versus currency debate.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

And I wonder, Michael, whether those two viewpoints

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

can coexist together or is it going to be one or the other?

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

There you go.

Bloomberg Talks
Strategy CEO Mike Saylor Talks Buying Bitcoin

Michael, before we let you go, we talked about some of the different types of financing that you have when it comes to perverts, when it comes to convertible debt.