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Ah, 2025, where investing means lighting your money on fire in increasingly creative ways.
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Whether it's paying $450 ,000 to be Snoop Dogg's neighbor in the metaverse, paying $7 million for a JPEG,
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or YOLOing your life savings at a Dogecoin just to make and lose $2 million in less than one year.
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The opportunities to lose money are endless.
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But today, I've got something extra special for you.
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I've got a trade that's the financial equivalent of texting your ex at 2 a .m.
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You know it's a bad idea, but somehow, everyone's still doing it.
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And the best part?
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It's currently unfolding in real time as you watch this video.
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But instead of just jumping straight in, I've broken this video down into three parts.
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Boardrooms on Wall Street have started to figure out that if you stuff your balance sheet with Bitcoin,
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the stock market will pay $2 for every $1 worth of cryptocurrency on the books.
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It's the equivalent of going to a garage sale, seeing a dollar bill on the table, and paying $2 for it.
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And this all started back in 2020 with MicroStrategy.
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MicroStrategy was an enterprise software company that was experiencing declining revenues, a low market profile, and was more disappointing than the new age Jurassic Park movies.
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But then, in August 2020, CEO Michael Saylor announced that MicroStrategy would be transitioning its cash reserves into Bitcoin.
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This was the most revolutionary thing since garlic bread.
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Historically, companies have held their cash reserves in highly liquid, low -risk securities such as U .S treasuries.
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This was a way in
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which companies' cash reserves could earn more interest than a normal bank account and still be risk -free.
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price can fluctuate 10 % overnight was unheard of.
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And things only get crazier.
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Towards the end of 2020, Michael Saylor began to ramp things up.
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MicroStrategy started raising capital by issuing convertible debt, then turning around and using that borrowed cash to buy more Bitcoin.
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Fast forward to 2025, MicroStrategy is all in on Bitcoin, and they've done the impossible.
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they've pulled off a bigger transformation than Kim Kardashian.
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MicroStrategy has transformed itself from a dying software company to becoming a Bitcoin vault with a ticker symbol.
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MicroStrategy even ditched the micro.
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and now just goes by the name strategy to reflect the new direction of the company.
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strategy now has a 70 billion dollar stash of bitcoins and a 138 billion dollar market cap Since 2020,
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the stock has gained over 3 ,441%, which makes it one of the best performing stocks over the last five years.
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And because this strategy...
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Pun intended.
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Has seen massive success.
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Copycats are now flooding the scene.
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Because it doesn't matter if you were previously a gaming company based out of Hong Kong, a cardiovascular healthcare company, or a budget hotel management company in Japan.
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The strategy is simple.
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Announce you are buying Bitcoin and investors will buy your stock.
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Logic has officially died in the public markets, and we're all just NPCs living in Michael Saylor's personal simulation.
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The answer is actually relatively straightforward.
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Institutional capital, such as pension funds, mutual funds, or any other giant asset manager,
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want Bitcoin exposure, but their mandates don't allow for it.
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A fund's mandates are essentially a set of guidelines and say what investments money managers can and can't make.
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And many funds have mandates that don't allow Bitcoin as a holding.
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So by these funds purchasing strategy stock, they are getting indirect exposure to Bitcoin.
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Strategy is essentially providing money managers with a convenient and easy way to get exposure to Bitcoin as a holding.
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When you look at strategy's shareholder list, it all becomes evident.
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The Vanguard Group, who has made their negative opinions on Bitcoin very well known, is actually the largest shareholder Which brings us to the point of this video.
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This is the worst trade in the history of the stock market.
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Because strategy provides money managers with a convenient and easy way to get exposure to Bitcoin as a holding.
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They are paying huge premiums.
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Strategy, which has essentially turned itself into a $70 billion Bitcoin piggy bank, has Wall Street paying $138 billion for it.
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These money managers are so desperate for Bitcoin exposure, they're willing to pay a 100 % premium just to receive indirect Bitcoin exposure.
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And here's the hilarious part.
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This entire circus could be solved with one simple mandate change that allowed Bitcoin in their holdings.
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No more financial gymnastics, no more 100 % convenience fees, and no more having to pretend like they all hate crypto.
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So, it probably seems like strategy has it all figured out, right?
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They have a simple three -step, get -rich -quick scheme.
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Step one issue convertible debt step two throw every borrowed dollar into bitcoin step three
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Watch the magic happen as they profit from the appreciation in Bitcoin's price and their own stock price.
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Wrong.
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Because they are purchasing Bitcoin with the proceeds from convertible debt offerings, the risk isn't with a margin call,
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but instead the risk lies in the nature of convertible debt.
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When the debt reaches maturity, strategy must either repay the principal of the loan in cash or, if the bondholders choose, convert the bonds into shares of strategy stock.
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If the bonds are converted into stock, this would lead to heavy dilution, which would drastically impact the stock price.
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But the primary risk for Strategy isn't the stock price.
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It's whether they can meet the interest and principal repayments on their debt obligations if Bitcoin's price drops significantly.
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Strategy currently holds around 600 ,000 Bitcoins at an average price of $71 ,000.
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wallet that's convinced institutional investors to pay double the value of the assets inside the wallet.
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And to add the cherry on top, the institutional investors who don't trust Bitcoin are trusting a former
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enterprise software company turned Bitcoin piggy bank to manage billions in convertible debt.
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This is the worst trade ever.
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このビデオで話す練習をする理由
今回のビデオは、MicroStrategyとビットコインの関係についてです。このような金融のトピックは、英語での会話において非常に人気があります。特に、投資や経済に関心がある場合、これらのテーマに関するスピーキングスキルを磨くのは非常に有益です。ビデオを見ながら英語の発音を良くする練習をすることで、単に聴くだけでなく、言葉を実際に発声することができ、リスニング能力の向上にもつながります。
文法とコンテキストにおける表現
- 「It’s the equivalent of...」: これは比喩を使った表現で、何かを他の物に例える際に便利です。この構文を使うことで、より印象に残る話し方ができます。
- 「...that started back in...」: 過去の出来事を紹介する際のフレーズです。このような構文は、話の流れをスムーズにし、聴衆に文脈を提供します。
- 「...has transformed itself from...」: 自動詞を使った過去形の表現で、変化の過程を詳しく説明する際に非常に役立ちます。
このような文法構造は、英語スピーキング練習や英語シャドーイングには欠かせません。ぜひ、実際に声に出してみてください。
一般的な発音の罠
このビデオでは、特に注意が必要な単語やフレーズがいくつかあります。例えば、「Bitcoin」の発音は文字通りに発音しがちですが、「ビットコイン」とアクセントをつけることで、より自然な響きになります。また、「convertible debt」などのビジネス用語は、滑らかに発音することが難しいかもしれません。このような難しい発音を練習することが、英語の発音を良くするための鍵です。
ビデオを観ながら全体の流れを把握しつつ、実際に声に出して発音する練習をすることで、英語スピーキングの技術を向上させることができます。英語スピーキング練習やshadow speakの手法を駆使して、さらなるスキルアップを目指しましょう。
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話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | I've broken · have started · have held |
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | could be solved · are converted |
シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。