MicroStrategy Appoints Ex-Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks to Board Amid Nasdaq 100 Milestone

MicroStrategy xpndd its bord to nin mmbrs, ppointing Brian Brooks, Jn Ditz, nd Grgg Winirski, ch rciving $2M quity pckg.
Brian Brooks, formr Binance.US CEO, joins MicroStrategy, stirring xcitmnt with his strong crypto rgultory xprtis nd industry connctions.
MicroStrategys inclusion in th Nsdq 100 highlights its trnsformtion into Bitcoin-focusd compny, holding 439,000 BTC worth $27.1 billion.

MicroStrategy, compny known for its bold Bitcoin strtgy, hs ddd thr nw bord mmbrs: formr Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks, Glxy Digitl bord mmbr Jn Ditz, nd Grgg Winirski, chif lgl officr t Fntics Holdings. This updt ws disclosd in filing submittd to th SEC on Dcmbr 20.

Th inclusion of ths xcutivs xpnds MicroStrategys bord to nin mmbrs. Ech nw mmbr will rciv n quity pckg vlud t $2 million. This pckg consists qully of options nd rstrictd stock units (RSUs), st to vst ovr four-yr priod. According to th filing, th trio is ligibl for quity wrds, ligning thir incntivs with th compnys long-trm gols.

Brian Brooks Impact on Crypto

Th ppointmnt of Brian Brooks, in prticulr, hs stirrd xcitmnt in th cryptocurrncy community. Swn Bitcoin hild th mov s BIG dl in Dcmbr 21 post, highlighting Brooks prior rol s cting Comptrollr of th Currncy, whr h ovrsw th U.S. bnking systm. Th ppointmnt is xpctd to dpn MicroStrategys connction to th rgultory lndscp.

NEW: Michael Saylor has added Brian Brooks, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and CEO of Binance, to MicroStrategy's Board of Directors

This is a BIG deal. As Comptroller, Brooks oversaw the entire US banking system and is deeply connected.

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Crypto commnttor McroScop chod this sntimnt, tlling thir followrs, ll thr r good, spcilly Brooks. Brooks lft Binance.US in August 2021 ftr lss thn four months s CEO, citing disgrmnts ovr strtgic dirction.

Brooks hs bn in th spotlight rcntly, rumourd s potntil cndidt to rplc Gry Gnslr s SEC Chir undr Donld Trump. Trumps Dcmbr 4 nomintion of pro-crypto Pul Atkins s SEC chif furthr fuld spcultion round Brooks growing influnc in th sctor.

MicroStrategy Enters Nasdaq 100

On Dcmbr 13, Nsdq officilly nnouncd tht MicroStrategy would b ddd to th rnownd Nsdq 100 Indx, with th chng tking ffct on Dcmbr 23. This mov plcs th compny mong th 100 lrgst stocks by mrkt cpitliztion on Nsdq. Plntir Tchnologis Inc. nd Axon Entrpris r joining th indx with MicroStrategy, whil Illumin, Supr Micro Computr, nd Modrn r prpring to lv.

Michl Sylor, th co-foundr nd xcutiv chirmn of MicroStrategy, mphsizd th significnc of this milston. Sylor, who is vocl Bitcoin dvoct, hs guidd th compny into cquiring substntil Bitcoin holdings, trnsforming its businss modl into Bitcoin-focusd strtgy.

MicroStrategy rcntly purchsd n dditionl $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, bringing its totl holdings to 439,000 BTC. Th compnys vrg purchs pric for ths holdings stnds t $61,725 pr Bitcoin, with cumultiv invstmnt of pproximtly $27.1 billion.

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