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Apple uninterested in Bitcoin

Olumide Adesina•Wednesday, November 20, 2024•2 min read
Apple’s decision not to invest in Bitcoin or actively engage with cryptocurrencies can be attributed to several strategic, financial, and philosophical reasons 
Conservative Financial Strategy:
Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple has traditionally maintained a conservative approach to its cash reserves. With over $200 billion in cash, Apple tends to invest in assets considered more stable or directly beneficial to its business operations. Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin is seen as highly volatile, which might not align with Apple’s risk management policies.
Apple’s business revolves around selling hardware, software, and services. While interest in blockchain technology for improving supply chain transparency or other applications, the direct investment or acceptance of cryptocurrencies for transactions isn’t seen as central to their current business model or customer base expectations.

Michael Saylor the president of MicroStrategy recommended that Apple invest $100 billion in Bitcoin instead of repurchasing stock.

The plan is to turn the tech behemoth into a significant financial force. However, the ambitious and fascinating plan, of igniting the crypto-sphere hidden behind this audacious vision. The possibility of a partnership between Apple and Bitcoin has not been confirmed, but it has the potential to upend the financial industry.

Saylor discussed incorporating Bitcoin’s multi-signature solutions into Apple products in June last year. According to him, “the future biggest financial institution in the world could well be Apple integrating secure crypto-related solutions into its products,  the company could solidify institutional adoption of bitcoin and usher in a new era of digital finance. Furthermore, it appears that MicroStrategy is formulating a daring scheme to link Bitcoin to a trillion dollars. Excessive aspirations or the start of a new financial era?

Tim Cook, the head of Apple, told Sorkin of DealBook that he has owned Bitcoin for roughly three years. However, the CEO clarified that Apple has no immediate plans to join the cryptocurrency trend and that his interest and research in Bitcoin are personal.

According to the Apple executive, owning Bitcoin as a component of a diversified portfolio was “reasonable.”. He did clarify,  that he was merely sharing his personal feelings and not offering investment advice.

Tim Cook maintained that although Apple is investigating cryptocurrency, Apple is not ready to integrate it into its main operations. According to The New York Times, other businesses, such as Tesla, have already accepted Bitcoin for their electric cars and have acquired $1.05 billion worth of the cryptocurrency to keep in their corporate treasury. Not because he wouldn’t invest his own money, but because investors weren’t purchasing Apple stock to profit from cryptocurrency, the Apple executive stated that he would not invest the company’s funds (roughly $200 billion in cash) in Bitcoin.

 

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Olumide Adesina
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Olumide Adesina is a French-born Nigerian financial writer. He tracks, analyzes, and reports changes in financial markets with over 15 years of working experience in investment trading.
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