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Michael Saylor&#8217;s Strategy, one of the world&#8217;s largest corporate holders of 
Bitcoin, could become the top publicly traded equity one day, according to a 
Strategy analyst.
Strategy will be the &#8220;number one publicly traded equity in the entire market&#8221; 
because of its future financial strength enabled with Bitcoin (BTC), Strategy 
analyst Jeff Walton predicted in the new Financial Times documentary, _Michael 
Saylor &#8216;s $40 billion Bitcoin bet._
The company currently holds about 568,840 Bitcoin, worth roughly $59 billion, 
and Walton believes that advantage could push it past all other publicly 
listed firms in the future.
&#8220;Strategy holds more of the best assets and the most pristine collateral on 
the entire planet than any other company, by multiples,&#8221; Walton said.
## Strategy raised $12 billion in 50 days
The analyst pointed to the firm&#8217;s ability to rapidly raise capital as another 
indicator of its strength. In November 2024, Strategy raised $12 billion in 
just 50 days.
&#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly hard to raise $100 million of capital, and they just raised 
$100 million of capital 120 times in 50 days, and they were able to buy 
Bitcoin with that capital. That&#8217;s insane,&#8221; Walton said.
_Strategy analyst Jeff Walton in the Financial Times &#8216; documentary &#8220;Michael 
Saylor&#8217;s $40 billion Bitcoin bet.&#8221; Source: YouTube_
In the documentary, Saylor also paints a bullish picture of the company&#8217;s 
future due to its Bitcoin adoption.
&#8220;I think that MicroStrategy is in a position where we can grow from a $100 
billion enterprise to a $1 trillion enterprise to a $10 trillion enterprise,&#8221; 
Saylor said.
_**Related:**__**Coinbase considered Saylor-like Bitcoin strategy before 
opting out: Bloomberg**_
He also predicted that Bitcoin would one day reach a price of $13 million per 
coin:
&gt; &#8220;My forecast for 2045 is 13 million a Bitcoin. I would think in the four to 
&gt; eight year time frame. Certainly, in 10 years we should be at a million. So 
&gt; one million in 10 years you know 10X that or more in 20 years.&#8221;
Walton&#8217;s prediction on Strategy potentially beating all publicly traded 
equities in the future comes amid the company ranking the 151st largest 
company in the world by the market capitalization of $117 billion, according 
to CompaniesMarketCap.
To become the largest, Strategy would need to surpass Microsoft, whose current 
market cap exceeds $3.3 trillion.
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