💼 Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffett, achieved total profits of 12.3 billion dollars in the second quarter of 2025.
😕 Nevertheless, the company suffered significant losses due to the decline in the value of its investments in Kraft Heinz, with losses amounting to about 5 billion dollars, which negatively affected overall performance.
📉 Berkshire's stock has only risen by 3.55% since the beginning of the year until August, while the S&P 500 index has risen by 7.51%, and the price of Bitcoin has risen by 16.85%.
💵 The company has massive cash liquidity exceeding 100 billion dollars, most of which is held in safe, low-yield assets such as short-term treasury bonds.
🔥 If the company had invested just 5% of this liquidity in Bitcoin since the beginning of 2025, it could have realized over 850 million dollars in unrealized profits so far.
🚀 Bitcoin outperformed the performance of Berkshire's largest investments, such as shares of Apple, American Express, and Coca-Cola during the same period.
🐍 Warren Buffett, known for his conservative stance, described Bitcoin as "rat poison squared" due to its lack of generating returns or having intrinsic value.
🆕 The new CEO of the company, Greg Abel, has not yet issued any supportive statements regarding cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin.
💡 Despite the company's reservations, the market is witnessing an increasing acceptance of Bitcoin, especially with the entry of large institutions and the emergence of Bitcoin ETFs that have strengthened its position as an investment asset.
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Summary:
If Berkshire Hathaway had allocated just a small portion of its massive liquidity to invest in Bitcoin, it could have boosted its profits and mitigated the impact of the losses it suffered. This reflects the importance of Bitcoin as part of modern investment portfolios, even for traditional large investors.
