Original Article 'Put the Crypto in the Index Funds'
Original Author: Matt Levine
Translated by: jk, Odaily
What Strategy Did Vanguard Take?
Currently, a basic situation is that the US stock market will use a $2 stock valuation to buy $1 of cryptocurrency. If a small listed company holds $100 million worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Trump Coin, or other crypto assets, its market value will at least rise to $200 million. This transaction looks both confusing and like magic. MicroStrategy pioneered this approach (now simply shortening its name to "Strategy", holding about $70 billion in Bitcoin with a market value of around $138 billion), and now various small companies are constantly imitating and seemingly succeeding.
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