Microsoft Shareholders Want It To Buy Bitcoin, Say MicroStrategy Shares Outperformed
Microsoft Shareholders Want It To Buy Bitcoin, Say MicroStrategy Shares Outperformed
The shareholders requested the board conduct the assessment, citing Bitcoin's healthy gains—nearly 100% over the last year and 414% in the last five years. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), with a market capitalization of over $3 trillion, disclosed it will vote for an assessment of investing in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) during the upcoming shareholders meeting in December.
微軟公司（納斯達克: MSFT）的市值超過3萬億美元，披露將在12月即將舉行的股東大會上投票以評估投資比特幣（加密貨幣: BTC）。
What happened: In a Thursday filing with the SEC, the technology giant listed a line item "Assessment of Investing in Bitcoin" for a vote in the annual meeting on Dec. 10.
發生了什麼：在提交給美國證券交易委員會（SEC）的星期四文件中，這家科技巨頭列出了一項名爲「評估投資比特幣」的議題，將在12月10日的年度會議上進行投票。
The submission stated that the Board advises voting against this plan.
提交說明稱，董事會建議反對這項計劃。
The shareholders requested the board conduct the assessment, citing Bitcoin's healthy gains—nearly 100% over the last year and 414% in the last five years.
股東們要求董事會進行評估，稱比特幣在過去一年中漲幅健康—近100%，在過去五年中漲幅爲414%。
The proposal mentioned MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), a technology company that holds a large chunk of Bitcoin on its balance sheet and whose shares have outperformed Microsoft in 2024. While Microsoft shares have shot up 14.52% so far in 2024, MicroStrategy shares have shot up a whopping 244%.
該提案提到了技術公司MicroStrategy Inc.（納斯達克：MSTR），該公司在資產負債表上持有大量比特幣，並且其股票在2024年表現優於微軟。雖然微軟股價到目前爲止在2024年上漲了14.52%，MicroStrategy的股價卻大幅上漲了244%。
Additionally, attention was called to Microsoft's second-largest shareholder, BlackRock, which operates iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT), the largest Bitcoin-based investment fund.
此外，注意力還被集中在微軟的第二大股東BlackRock身上，後者運營着iShares比特幣信託ETF（納斯達克：IBIT），這是最大的比特幣投資基金。
The shareholders called Bitcoin an "excellent," if not the best hedge against inflation.
股東們稱比特幣是一種「出色的」，如果不是最好的通貨膨脹避險工具。
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In response, the board said the vote was "unnecessary" because the company had already considered the issue.
董事會回應稱，該投票是"不必要"的，因爲公司已經考慮過這個問題。
"Past evaluations have included Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies among the options considered, and Microsoft continues to monitor trends and developments related to cryptocurrencies to inform future decision-making, " the company statement read..
"過去的評估中包括了比特幣和其他加密貨幣在考慮範圍內，微軟繼續監控與加密貨幣相關的趨勢和發展，以指導未來的決策。" 公司聲明如是說。
Why It Matters: Microsoft is the third-most valuable firm in the world. Even a thoughtful consideration, as mentioned above, was indicative of growing institutional interest in the world's largest cryptocurrency.
爲什麼重要：微軟是世界第三大值公司。甚至像前述所提到的深思熟慮也表明了對世界上最大加密貨幣日益增長的機構興趣。
As many as 11 spot exchange-traded funds tracking the price of Bitcoin were launched in the U.S. in January this year, marking a big step for mainstream adoption of the leading cryptocurrency.
截至今年一月，美國推出了多達11只跟蹤比特幣價格的現貨交易所交易基金，這標誌着主流對這一領先加密貨幣的採用邁出了重要一步。
Price Action: At the time of writing, Bitcoin was exchanging hands at $68,115.43, up 1.22% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Shares of Microsoft closed just above the flatline at $424.73 during Thursday's regular trading session.
價格走勢：撰寫時，比特幣的交易價格爲$68,115.43，過去24小時上漲了1.22%，根據Benzinga Pro的數據。微軟股價在週四的常規交易中略微上漲至$424.73。
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