MicroStrategy’s Perfect Storm: Institutions Ditch the Bitcoin Proxy
Published on 11/23/2025 at 15:21 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The investment thesis surrounding MicroStrategy has undergone a radical transformation. Once celebrated as the premier gateway for stock market investors to gain Bitcoin exposure, the company now finds itself besieged by a confluence of negative pressures, from massive institutional outflows to a looming threat of index exclusion.
A seismic shift is underway in how large-scale investors approach Bitcoin. Recent portfolio disclosures reveal that institutional players slashed their holdings in MicroStrategy by a staggering $5.4 billion between the second and third quarters of 2025. This capital flight is fundamentally structural. The advent and maturation of spot Bitcoin ETFs have provided a direct, efficient alternative. Major investors are consequently shedding the “equity wrapper” of Read more...
