Earlier than shopping for all that bitcoin, it was already one of many largest unbiased, publicly traded corporations in its business. In 2020, its income was almost $480 million and it had an enviable 8.29% EBITDA (earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margin within the trailing 12 months earlier than its first BTC buy. When discussing the corporate’s place through the “UpOnly” podcast, Saylor stated, “It is worthwhile, that is what we’re. We like it, we’ll hold doing it. However you may’t actually scale it.”