Saylor Sets Sights On Making MicroStrategy A Leading Bitcoin Bank

HomeNews* MicroStrategy aims to become a major Bitcoin-backed bank, following early predictions from Hal Finney.

• Founder Michael Saylor says his company’s goal is to act as the leading bitcoin bank.
• MicroStrategy currently holds about 3% of all bitcoin, equal to roughly $65 billion in its treasury.
• No U.S. banks currently use bitcoin as a primary reserve asset due to regulatory barriers.
• Legislation like the GENIUS Act could eventually let U.S. banks use bitcoin for digital cash or stablecoin reserves. MicroStrategy, led by Michael Saylor, plans to transform itself into a leading bank that backs its services with bitcoin. The company currently holds a large bitcoin reserve, and Saylor stated that his end goal is for MicroStrategy to operate as a major bitcoin bank.

• Advertisement - With approximately 3% of all bitcoin in its $65 billion treasury, MicroStrategy has the capability to offer banking products backed by its digital asset holdings. For comparison, this treasury is similar in size to the deposit bases of several major U.S. banks, and the company intends to keep increasing its bitcoin holdings.

Hal Finney, a key contributor to the original Bitcoin network, wrote in 2010 about the future role of bitcoin-backed banks. He predicted that such banks would issue their own digital cash—redeemable for bitcoin—and he saw bitcoin eventually serving as a reserve currency for banks. Finney stated, “there is a very good reason for bitcoin-backed banks to exist.” He also envisioned most bitcoin transactions occurring between banks for settling net transfers, rather than individual on-chain transactions.

MicroStrategy plans to take this approach further, aiming to eventually hold over $100 billion in bitcoin and support a range of financial products. Saylor describes bitcoin as “a bank in cyberspace, run by incorruptible software.” He says MicroStrategy could offer both digital services and traditional banking options like in-person locations and banking products.

Currently, no banks in the United States use bitcoin as a primary reserve asset, partly because of regulatory restrictions. However, proposed laws like the GENIUS Act could make it easier for banks to use bitcoin as a reserve asset for issuing digital cash such as U.S. dollar–pegged stablecoins.

The U.S. Federal Reserve would also need to update rules for banks to count bitcoin values toward their overnight reserves. Despite existing legal hurdles, Saylor believes that MicroStrategy—or at least a division of it—could eventually operate as a full-scale bank. This vision echoes the early predictions made by Hal Finney regarding bitcoin’s future in the banking sector.

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