At Bitcoin for Corporations 2025, Michael Saylor didn’t hold back. The MicroStrategy exec chairman called on Microsoft to make a historic move: shift its treasury into Bitcoin.

His argument?

Bitcoin isn’t just an asset — it’s the “universal, perpetual, profitable merger partner” in the AI era.

The numbers:

• Microsoft’s 5-year annual growth: 18%

• S&P 500 benchmark: 14%

• Bitcoin’s return: 62%

Saylor’s Mic-Drop Moment:

“Why hold bonds that destroy 99.7% of your capital in 10 years? Even stock buybacks lose 97%. Bitcoin outperforms them all — by 10x.”

The pitch:

Saylor says Bitcoin marks a new monetary era:

• 19th century: Gold

• 20th century: Sovereign debt

• 21st century: Bitcoin – the only liquid, fungible, counterparty-free capital asset.

2024 was the institutional year zero (thanks to spot ETFs and FASB rules).

2025? Year one. First-mover advantage is fading fast.

Final quote:

“Rich people aren’t rich from cash flows. They own hard assets. I’d rather back a wealthy firm than one that bleeds money and just ‘promises to work harder.’”