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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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關於這節課
在本節課程中，學習者將通過分析MicroStrategy的金融策略，提升對金融術語的理解，並練習英語口語。通過觀看影片，學習者將觀察到如何在當今金融市場中使用比特幣進行投資，並探討這種策略對市場的影響。這不僅能提高英語聽說能力，還能增強對經濟和金融的敏感度，幫助學習者在實際交流中更自信地運用所學內容。
關鍵詞彙與短語
- 比特幣 (Bitcoin): 一種數字貨幣，近年來在市場上越來越受歡迎。
- 股票市場 (stock market): 買賣股票的市場，金融投資的重要場所。
- 股東 (shareholder): 擁有公司股票的人。
- 資本 (capital): 可用於投資的資金或資源。
- 投資策略 (investment strategy): 決定如何分配資產以實現投資目標的計劃。
- 可轉換債券 (convertible debt): 一種可以轉換為公司股票的債務工具。
- 風險投資 (venture capital): 投資於新創企業或高風險專案的資金。
練習技巧
在進行shadow speak練習時，建議學習者參考影片中的語速和語調。首先，可以逐段聆聽影片，嘗試模仿發音和語調，以增強口語流利度。記住，shadowing不僅僅是重複，還要注重語氣、重音和停頓，儘量做到和講者一致。由於影片內容較快，開始時可先降低播放速度，逐漸適應後再恢復正常速度，以確保跟上節奏。此外，可以在每次練習後，嘗試用自己的語言總結所學內容，幫助鞏固理解和記憶，同時提升英語口語的表達能力。這樣不僅能提升你的英語水平，也能使您在討論金融話題時更遊刃有餘。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've broken · have started · have held |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | could be solved · are converted |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。