MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor
Shares of Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy have climbed more than 240% so far in 2023.
  • MicroStrategy stock is up roughly 246% in 2023, and jumped more than 6% on Thursday. 
  • Founder Michael Saylor explained how bitcoin has helped the company's stock compete with Big Tech giants.
  • He said spot bitcoin ETFs and the 2024 halving event will push the token's price higher.

Michael Saylor, the bitcoin-bull founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy, credits the world's largest cryptocurrency for allowing his software firm to compete with the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and other of the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks.