Microsoft shareholders reject Bitcoin-assessment proposal
Microsoft shareholders vote against a proposal asking the company to assess adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet.
On December 10, 2024, Microsoft shareholders reject Bitcoin-assessment proposal. Microsoft shareholders vote against a proposal asking the company to assess adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet.
Shareholders voted on a proposal asking Microsoft to assess Bitcoin as a potential treasury investment and rejected it. The event mattered as corporate-governance evidence that Bitcoin had reached the formal agenda of one of the world's largest companies, even without adoption.
The event provides a distinct historical marker within Bitcoin's 2024 institutional, technical, legal or cultural development.