At Michael Saylor’s high-profile New Year’s Eve $100,000 Bitcoin party in Miami, Simon Gerovich, President and CEO of Metaplanet—often dubbed as Japan’s MicroStrategy—shared his insights on the evolving landscape of BTC adoption among governments and corporations. In an exclusive interview, Gerovich outlined the potential global implications if incoming US President Donald Trump moves forward with establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR).
Asian Nations Could Follow Trump’s Bitcoin Lead
Gerovich emphasized the gradual yet persistent integration of BTC into high-level governmental discussions and corporate strategies worldwide. “Slowly but surely seeing Bitcoin becoming a topic of discussion at the highest levels of government, corporations around the world beginning to adopt it as a Bitcoin standard,” he stated. He further elaborated on Metaplanet’s strategic pivot towards BTC, noting, “In April for us that’s when we decided that we wanted to adopt Bitcoin and now all we want to do is accumulate more BTC over time for our shareholders. And so 2024 will go down as the year where it all began.”
Addressing the potential influence of Trump’s policies on global adoption, Gerovich expressed confidence in the president-elect’s commitment. “I do think that the Bitcoin community in the US helped elect the president. And so hopefully President Trump will do what he has said that he will, which is to make Bitcoin a strategic reserve,” he affirmed. Gerovich posited that such a move by the US would likely set a precedent, leading other nations to follow suit. “And then countries around the world will follow.”
Focusing on Japan’s role in this anticipated shift, Gerovich highlighted the nation’s tendency to emulate US policies. “Japan is one of those countries where they do look to the US as sort of their big brother and follow in their footsteps. And so I think if President Trump does adopt it as a strategic reserve, then Japan and many other countries in Asia will do the same,” he explained.
He further speculated on the broader Asian an
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Author: Jake Simmons
