Bitcoin Doesn't Need a Bank, Yet MicroStrategy Wants to Become One

On Nov. 6, 2026, Strategy CEO Phong Le said at the Money20/20 fintech conference that the company, formerly MicroStrategy, aims to become a Bitcoin bank, and Michael Saylor repeated that goal the same day. Le said Strategy has grown from enterprise software into a holder of 845,000 BTC; Saylor had urged banks in September to hold and lend against Bitcoin. Also on Nov. 6, an on-chain researcher reported Bitcoin’s blockchain had reached 780 GB, up from 0.3 GB in 2011, so a 1TB drive can still run a full node. Bitcoin Knots developer Luke Dashjr called 16 GB a year a cap for now, while the researcher disputed that, citing roughly 85 GB annual growth from July to September 2026.