{"id":1469,"date":"2024-05-01T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02dc5017800025ff"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:24:54","slug":"watch-microstrategy-hosts-bitcoin-for-corporations-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/industry-events\/watch-microstrategy-hosts-bitcoin-for-corporations-conference","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: MicroStrategy Hosts Bitcoin For Corporations Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstrategy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MicroStrategy<\/a>, a leading enterprise business intelligence firm that&nbsp;has emerged as a pioneering Bitcoin advocate among public companies, is hosting its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstrategy.com\/world-2024\/bitcoin-for-corporations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin For Corporations<\/a> conference starting today. The event is taking place May 1 &#8211; May 2, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV will feature industry leaders discussing how corporations can adopt Bitcoin as a treasury asset.<\/p>\n<p>MicroStrategy has bought over 1% of the total Bitcoin supply since first purchasing BTC in 2020. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/1785037831175630938\">recently added<\/a> 122 more bitcoins in April, now holding an astonishing 214,400 BTC worth billions. Its Bitcoin strategy has multiplied MicroStrategy&#8217;s enterprise value and blazed a trail for corporate Bitcoin adoption.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lwqLXaYoavE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 1: Bitcoin For Corporations | MicroStrategy World 2024\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lwqLXaYoavE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Accordingly, the company is hosting an educational Bitcoin conference tailored towards other major corporations. Streamed live on Bitcoin Magazine&#8217;s YouTube channel and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, sessions will cover the case for Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset and strategy insights from MicroStrategy&#8217;s journey.<\/p>\n<p>MicroStrategy CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/tags\/michael-saylor\">Michael Saylor<\/a> is slated to speak on various topics around BTC for corporations. Other speakers include Galaxy Digital&#8217;s Head of Research, Alex Thorn, Bitwise&#8217;s Senior Crypto Research Analyst, Ryan Rasmussen, and Citibank&#8217;s Head of Digital Assets, among other industry leaders.<\/p>\n<p>River Financial CEO Alex Leishman will discuss Bitcoin adoption trends. Lightspark CEO David Marcus, who helped Coinbase integrate Lightning, will join Michael Saylor to talk about &#8220;Building on Bitcoin.&#8221; Fidelity Digital Assets&#8217; Chris Kuiper and MicroStrategy&#8217;s Shirish Jajodia will share a panel on &#8220;Bitcoin and Wall Street.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lineup of executives from major financial institutions signals growing corporate interest in Bitcoin exposure. As pioneering firms like MicroStrategy and Tesla reap the benefits, others seem poised to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Conferences like this provide a venue for education and idea sharing as more corporations consider adding Bitcoin to their balance sheet. <\/p>\n<p>The overall event is projected to exceed 1,000 executives in attendance, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microstrategy.com\/world-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">representatives<\/a> from Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Bayer, Bank of America and Hilton.<\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin Magazine livestream of Bitcoin for Corporations will be broadcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BitcoinMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BitcoinMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bitcoin-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> from today,&nbsp;from today, starting at 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MicroStrategy hosts its Bitcoin for Corporations conference today, featuring leaders discussing how firms can adopt BTC as a treasury asset like MicroStrategy&#8217;s pioneering strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2513,"featured_media":26661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[636,720,186,93],"class_list":{"0":"post-1469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry-events","8":"tag-bitcoin-treasuries","9":"tag-livestream","10":"tag-microstrategy","11":"tag-news"},"author_data":{"id":2513,"name":"Vivek Sen","nicename":"vivek-sen-bitcoin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-vivek-96x96.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/microstrategy_world_livestream_thumbnail_v2-1-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}