Examining the Best Investment Product Ever Made
This article examines MicroStrategy’s unconventional approach to corporate finance—issuing equity and zero-coupon convertible debt and issuing shares to accumulate Bitcoin. Using historical data and expanded Monte Carlo simulations, the authors estimate the probability of Bitcoin’s price declining below critical levels over a typical five- to seven-year debt-maturity window. Results show that the strategy remains solvent except under extreme structural breaks in Bitcoin’s long-term growth. Dilution, rather than insolvency, emerges as the primary equity holder risk. Comparative analysis versus crypto-fund benchmarks demonstrates that MicroStrategy’s stock exhibits the risk-adjusted return profile of a moderately leveraged digital-asset fund. Broader adoption of this model could reshape corporate treasury management, influence monetary policy, and accelerate the integration of digital assets into conventional finance.
Authors
- Todd Feldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-8416)
- Chris Yost-Bremm
Institutions
- San Francisco State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Alternative Investments
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2026.1.264
- Primary Topic
- Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00