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Martin Young4 hours agoFASB rules ‘eliminate the poor optics’ that detered firms from crypto: Analyst“The change should help MicroStrategy and other companies that hold digital assets to eliminate the poor optics that have been created by impairment losses,” Berenberg Capital analysts say.762 Total views17 Total sharesListen to article 0:00Follow upJoin us on social networksThe United States Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new rules for crypto accounting will eliminate the “poor optics” that plagued companies holding digital assets, according to analysts from Berenberg Capital.


On Sept. 6, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approved new rules for cryptocurrencies with regard to how companies report the fair value of their holdings on their balance sheets.


In a follow-up note, Berenberg’s senior equity research analyst Mark Palmer argued that changes would be particularly beneficial for companies such as MicroStrategy, which will soon be able to report their digital asset holdings each quarter without having to realize impairment losses.


“The change should help MicroStrategy and other companies that hold digital assets to eliminate the poor optics that have been created by impairment losses under the rules that the FASB has had in place,” Palmer wrote.


Since it started accumulating Bitcoin in August 2020, MicroStrategy has racked up $2.23 billion in cumulative impairment losses.


Moreover, some of the quarterly reports the company has released during the past three years have included sizeable impairment losses on its BTC holdings that reflected downward moves in the asset’s price.MicroStrategy impairment losses. Source: Berenberg Capital


This led to negative news coverage of the firm and its reports, “giving the impression that the company’s inherent value had been negatively impacted when such was not the case,” said Palmer.


Under the new rules, which will go into effect in 2025, firms that hold crypto will be able to report those holdings at fair value. Therefore, their quarterly reports will reflect the current values of the assets, including any price rebounds.


Currently, impairment losses must be included and cannot be adjusted even if the asset price recovers.


MicroStrategy is the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with 152,800 BTCas of July 31, currently valued at around $3.9 billion. The new rules can be applied in advance, and Berenberg believes MicroStrategy will do so, which will value its BTC holdings at $8.8 billion by April 2024.


Related:MicroStrategy returns to profit and now owns $4.4B worth of Bitcoin


According to Berenberg’s note, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor once said that the primary reason more firms have not adopted a BTC investment strategy is because of the FASB’s “hostile” and “punitive” treatment of crypto. He continued to state that the change is a positive outcome: “A change in the accounting treatment would be a significant positive catalyst for the price of Bitcoin, as it would spur adoption by tech companies.”


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