Metaâs massive $72B cash pile is staying fiatâfor now.
In a dramatic shareholder vote, Meta investors overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to consider adding Bitcoin (BTC$BTC ) to the companyâs balance sheet. Out of nearly 5 billion votes, just 3.92 million backed the crypto moveâa shockingly low 0.08%.
đ What happened?
Bitcoin advocate Ethan Peck, on behalf of the National Center for Public Policy Research, suggested Meta convert part of its cash reserves into BTC to hedge against inflationâcalling it a âstrategic reserve asset.â
But Meta investors werenât convinced. The rejection follows a similar vote at Microsoft, while Amazon shareholders are still due to vote on the same idea.
đĄ Flashback:
Meta isnât new to the crypto space. Remember Libra (later Diem)? That stablecoin project fizzled out after regulatory pushback. Recently, Meta has shown light interest in stablecoins for internal paymentsâbut no crypto is on the books yet.
đ Meanwhile, Meta stock is thriving, up 3.5% and trading at $670.09.
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đ TL;DR for Crypto Fans: Meta won't be buying Bitcoin anytime soon. Shareholders want traditional cashânot digital gold.