Bitcoin treasury firms can outperform BTC... but is the risk worth taking?

Bitcoin treasury companies promise to amplify returns over investing in Bitcoin alone, but does the potential upside outweigh the risks to the downside?

There are now 179 listed companies holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets, all following variations of the same simple formula:

Raise capital on traditional markets, buy Bitcoin and attempt to increase the amount of BTC that backs each share faster than the company dilutes shareholders.

According to Mark Palmer, managing director and senior equity research analyst at StoneX, that’s how treasury companies attempt to “beat” Bitcoin’s returns.

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