Less than 1% of Microsoft (MSFT) shareholders voted for the Bitcoin (BTC) proposal

Only 0.55% of Microsoft (MSFT) shareholders voted on a proposal to include Bitcoin (BTC) on the company’s balance sheet. Last company application With the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There was a proposal to add bitcoin to Microsoft’s balance sheet put to a shareholder vote On November 10th and presented by the National Center for Public Policy Research, it proposed that Microsoft allocate 1% of its total assets to BTC as a potential hedge against inflation.

Microsoft’s board opposed the proposal, citing Bitcoin’s volatility and preference for fixed-income investments, despite Michael Saylor highlighting the success of MicroStrategy and Microsoft’s $200 billion capital outflow from dividends and buybacks.

Some of the other shareholder proposals, which directed the company to create a report on AI and misinformation/distortion, as well as other proposals that highlighted the risks of developing the weapon, failed.

Speculative markets were skeptical that Microsoft would make a move to adopt the digital asset Polymarket rates giving it a 12-16% chance of ratification.