Tim Draper Urges Tech Giants to Shift Reserves into Bitcoin

In a recent interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Draper suggested that corporations should hold roughly four weeks of operating expenses in Bitcoin as a hedge against monetary instability. While he acknowledged that his stance is an investment opinion rather than official policy, he emphasized that Bitcoin offers a decentralized alternative to the conventional banking structures currently used to hold the companies' combined $236.8 billion in cash and marketable securities.

Apple reported $146.5 billion in liquid assets as of June 27, while Meta held $90.3 billion as of June 30. Neither firm lists cryptocurrency in its treasury holdings, and both have effectively sidelined shareholder efforts to force a change in strategy. Meta shareholders rejected a 2025 proposal to assess Bitcoin as a reserve asset after the board argued their existing investment process was sufficient. Microsoft faced a similar outcome in 2024, with only 0.55% of shareholders voting in favor of a Bitcoin treasury evaluation.

Despite the pushback, Draper maintains that the current fiscal path of the U.S. government—marked by a nearly $2 trillion cumulative deficit in the first 11 months of fiscal 2026—demands a shift in corporate treasury management. He continues to forecast a $250,000 price target for Bitcoin, linking the long-term appreciation to the asset's supply-halving schedule. While companies like MicroStrategy have built business models around aggressive Bitcoin accumulation, the broader tech sector remains committed to government securities and traditional corporate debt, leaving Draper’s vision for a crypto-backed corporate treasury as an outlier in current boardrooms.