Microsoft shareholders are set to vote on a proposal for the company to explore adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet. This proposal, filed with U.S. securities regulators on October 24, will be discussed in a meeting scheduled for December 10. Despite the proposal, Microsoft’s board recommends voting against it, asserting that it already evaluates a variety of investable assets, which includes Bitcoin. The push for the proposal came from the National Center for Public Policy Research, which noted that business intelligence firm MicroStrategy's Bitcoin investments have significantly outperformed Microsoft this year. The research center argued for the potential of Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and suggested that companies, at the very least, should consider holding a small percentage of their assets in Bitcoin. While Bitcoin's volatility is acknowledged, institutional and corporate adoption is increasingly being recognized.

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