I have noticed this too that the top companies in the world don't really want to associate with Bitcoin. They want to be separated to it and act that they are solid with or without riding the global trend of bitcoin. I do understand their thinking to not be affiliated to BTC, they would hold too many responsibilities in the future especially if they played it wrong. They're playing it safely, they're supporting it lowkey by integrating it or making it accessible to their platform but not really investing to it. I'm for sure they're missing out a lot in this one but since they want to prove their stand then it's fine, we have different

I could understand that if this was 2014 when bitcoin was seen as something used mostly by criminals and other nefarious purposes.

But in 2024 the sentiment has completely changed for bitcoin. Wall Street and even the US government has embraced
bitcoin as a legitimate investment asset, so it seems crazy to me not to invest in it. One of the biggest holders of Microsoft
stock, Blackrock even recommended an allocation to bitcoin, and they still said no? To the biggest and most respected asset
manager in the world? I don't know what else to call that but stupid. 

They’re stupid and still don’t understand Bitcoin. The real inflation rate is much higher than the yields they’re getting from bonds. Most people still don’t get that Bitcoin is a lifeboat.

Tether is actually one of the biggest holders of US bonds, which is why they’ve now come up with a strategy to push unstable inflationary coins like USDT and USDC  and allow banks to issue similar ones, so they can secure buyers for those bonds.

In other words, collective stupidity at its finest.

While there might be room for some sort of feasibility study, you would agree $10m is still a lot of money and would be significant in the event of a loss. Not that it would have been a wrong decision with how we know Bitcoin but, it’s important that they invest on their own terms as per how well they are vested in the Bitcoin innovation. You ought to be more convinced, self aware and find the innovation to seat with your company values before investing.

That’s what I think they did and it’s still okay except for the fact that, they missed a better time to have taken it up and build a better portfolio.

many large global companies still view bitcoin as a speculative and high-risk asset, so they don't consider investing their money in it... perhaps for now, but they might decide to invest in it in the future. so it's not a matter of stupidity for them not to invest in bitcoin; it's simply a matter of internal considerations, and each company has its own risk management system. if a company is investing in bitcoin, that's great news, but if there are still those who haven't decided to invest in bitcoin, that's their right. so, let's not be too quick to judge them.

I wouldn't call them fools, but rather "investors in the matrix". What they all do (buying bonds) is a familiar and conservative way of investing, which until now "worked well". But times are changing.

For you, bitcoin is a "lifeline" to escape poverty, and for the rich - a risky and unclear asset, which, by the way, is practically not regulated at all, and therefore doesn't provide any guarantees of investment safety. If something goes wrong, who will compensate the rich for their losses? Nakamoto? And in the case of bonds, there is probably "protection from the state in terms of refunds" (although this is also a controversial point).

You are ready to put your $100-1000 on the line, and the rich will not risk $10 million. This is a different level of responsibility, so their motives will remain unclear to you.

I dont think they are stupid, many of them have Microsoft shares and they are currently worth more than ever before. I believe that if Microsoft bought bitcoin in the past, the price of a share would be more than 10% higher now. It was a stupid decision, people should know that now and vote different in another meeting of the shareholders. I dont think it was even 3% who wanted bitcoin last time... unbelievable.

Don't call them stupid just because they refuse to invest in bitcoin. If they were stupid, they wouldn't have been able to build a trillion dollar empire and become the 2nd largest company in the world. Stop calling them stupid when you both use their products and services to invest in bitcoin.

I bet you, no matter how bad inflation gets, MS shareholders will still live a fuller and more luxurious life than most bitcoin investors here. Please stop, stop teaching rich people how to make money and spend money.

In as much as we do not want the big players or the so called rich to have all the bitcoins to themselves, I also feel the nightmare is already here however some guys like OP seem to have embraced the situation ignorantly hence wanting every rich company or organisation to be part of bitcoin by allocating some funds into it.

I also agree with you on the issues of custodians, MS investing in bitcoin will only result to a custodian holdings and if anything happens like hacks it definitely going to affect bitcoin directly or indirect but however don't you think bitcoin will still be fine, yeah of course because because scammers are only going to still sell them back, use for business legal or illegal or worst case scenario it ends up in the hands of one or more government.

No, they're not stupid, they're rich to the point that it's hard for an ordinary person to even imagine - but you somehow come across as stupid because you think that Bitcoin is something that everyone should invest in. Apart from that, do you really think that Bitcoin should become something like digital gold, which in the next ten years will mostly be in the possession of those big companies - which, by the way, will keep them in custodial services because they are not capable of such a thing themselves?

If someone hacks such a custodial service, what implications do you think it will have on Bitcoin?

At this point, I believe they just did not want to be associated with bitcoin or crypto and all the ideologies that comes with it. Because with how big their company is, I am sure that they can afford to take a little bit of risks and not to mention that bitcoin has proven itself to be profitable despite being volatile. So that could only be the explanation.