A latest report from bitcoin infrastructure firm River predicts that roughly 10% of U.S. firms will convert 1.5% of their money reserves, an estimated $10.35 billion, into Bitcoin throughout the subsequent 18 months. The report highlights the constraints of conventional company finance methods that usually depend on holding money or short-term equivalents, as these property can’t sustain with inflation and reserves turn into more and more eroded in worth.

Corporations which have allotted 3% of their reserves to Bitcoin since 2020 have proven a stronger potential to mitigate inflationary pressures.The report additional highlights the instance of MicroStrategy, whose CEO Michael Saylor famous that the corporate's market cap has soared by greater than 1,000%, considerably outperforming Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which grew 104.75% in the identical interval.

Saylor sees Bitcoin as a “financially immortal” asset for firms, which contrasts with Buffett, who steadfastly refuses to incorporate the cryptocurrency in his funding portfolio. Whereas Saylor's technique appears to sign a shift in how firms shield worth in an inflationary surroundings, Buffett's extra conservative method raises questions on whether or not Bitcoin can survive in the long run as a serious company reserve asset.