Exactly (that's the reason)! That’s why we’re all smiles when the price shoots up like this. We’re not just holding Bitcoin for the sake of it, everyone, even MicroStrategy, holds it with the goal of selling at some point in the future. Seeing the price pump beyond our target is already a win, no matter when we decide to cash out for fiat. Success feels pretty good, doesn’t it?
Just imagine the following -real- scenario.
You buy $150 worth of Bitcoin in 2020.
You just set it aside and forget it.
In 2024, you want to buy a service subscription.
Let's say the subscription costs $15 per month.
You can either use $150 from you card and buy 10 months of this subscription, or use the BTC you have set aside from 2020 and now with the same initial amount of $150 you can buy approximately 80 months of the subscription.
Now, instead of cashing out the BTC and paying with FIAT, giving premium to banks, credit cards etc, imagine using the Bitcoin immediately without intermediary. I reckon that's a better way of doing things!
I don't know about MSTR but personally, I view Bitcoin as a currency.
I use it as much as I can to buy regular stuff and I don't plan to cash out.
In life, there is no "never", but my goal is to live using Bitcoin instead of FIAT.
So far, it's not possible, but it kind of works for a very small percentage of my financial transactions.
I don't view Bitcoin as an investment... I am among the very few who think Bitcoin will become the global store of value and, why not, the global currency. The latter is very difficult, I know, but the former is very easy!