MicroStrategy Supports The FASB To Back Fair Value Accounting For Bitcoin

Key Points:

• MicroStrategy said that it supports the FASB’s proposal to let enterprises utilize fair-value accounting for Bitcoin held on their balance sheets.
• The corporation presently owns 140,000 Bitcoin, worth almost $4 billion at current market levels.

MicroStrategy responded to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) proposed accounting rules for crypto assets in a letter on Monday.

In response, the corporation backed the authority’s efforts to encourage fair value accounting for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

According to MicroStrategy, it is the biggest public firm holding Bitcoin. MSTR reported that it has 140,000 Bitcoins as of March 31, 2023. It said that the corporation purchased these Bitcoin for $4.17 billion at the time of purchase.

“We appreciate the rigorous process the FASB is undertaking,” the company said in a letter.

The corporation must utilize the initial purchase price and then record cumulative impairment charges using current accounting standards known as the indefinite-lived intangible asset accounting model. It implies its bitcoin assets are only reflected on its balance sheet at $2 billion, or half its fair market worth.

MSTR’s Bitcoin assets were valued at about $3.986 billion at the time. This is more than double the amount it had in its Bitcoins on the consolidated financial sheet. MicroStrategy, which supports the FASB’s proposed air value model, said that it would allow them to deliver more relevant information to investors.

“Reporting crypto asset holdings under a fair value model, as proposed by the FASB, would enable us to provide investors with a more relevant view of our financial position and the economic value of our bitcoin holdings, which in turn would facilitate the ability of investors to make informed investment and capital allocation decisions,” the company added.

The FASB decided on the proposal last year, and the amendments are now out for public comment.

Despite the market’s increasing spectrum of crypto assets, MicroStrategy supported FASB’s intention to first confine the scope criteria. Yet, it argues that there are several complications associated with non-fungible or wrapped tokens, among other things.

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