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Bitcoin Doesn't Need a Bank, Yet MicroStrategy Wants to Become One

Open the sourceReported by BeInCrypto, beincrypto.com, 7 November 2026, by Phil Haunhorst

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MicroStrategy, now rebranded as Strategy, is positioning itself as the world's first Bitcoin bank despite the Bitcoin blockchain remaining small enough to fit on a 1TB drive. The company's pivot comes as developers continue to clash over how the network should scale and evolve. The move matters because it signals that the largest corporate holder of bitcoin sees a future where banking-style services are built around the asset rather than the underlying chain. What to watch next is whether Strategy's banking ambitions gain traction with institutional clients and whether the developer debate over Bitcoin's growth path produces consensus.

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