With the rapid rise of bitcoin, which this year reached an all-time high of $64,000, the number of companies aiming to capitalize on the original digital asset has surged. What began with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase which made the first list in 2019 when bitcoin was only worth $5,000 and went public this year with an $86 billion direct listing—has expanded to include companies such as business analytics firm MicroStrategy, which has essentially turned itself into a bitcoin ETF by holding more than $5 billion worth of bitcoin. Do you think that blockchain innovation is underappreciated?

