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Michael Saylor, the billionaire Bitcoin advocate and executive chairman of Strategy, is backing Pakistan’s state-led Bitcoin pivot, according to new footage and media reports emerging from Islamabad.

A call with top officials marks the latest escalation in Pakistan’s plan to formalize a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR).

The video footage, posted on X by Finance Ministry media officer Hamid Raza Wattoo, shows Saylor with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Minister of State for Blockchain and Crypto Bilal Bin Saqib. The meetings follow Pakistan’s public announcement of the SBR on 28 May at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.

Saylor’s outreach aligns with his long-standing call for sovereign Bitcoin reserves. While he has previously lobbied U.S. policymakers to adopt a Bitcoin strategy, his Islamabad support signals an interest in showcasing Pakistan as a geopolitical proof of concept. He is reportedly becoming an official advisor to the government’s Bitcoin reserve plan via the Pakistan Crypto Council.

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was also appointed a strategic adviser to the council in early April. His remit includes steering blockchain infrastructure, shaping the regulatory framework, and mentoring national digital-asset initiatives. This gives Islamabad a direct line to the world’s largest exchange as it pursues the Bitcoin reserve plan.

Pakistan’s reserve plan, championed by Bin Saqib, was introduced as a state initiative with plans to acquire Bitcoin using state assets and mine additional BTC using domestic energy resources. The Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), which Bin Saqib also leads, has proposed allocating up to 2 GW of surplus energy to power mining facilities and data centers.

IMF tensions and energy politics

The plan has sparked tensions with international lenders. The IMF raised concerns about grid stress and fiscal strain if 2 GW were diverted for mining. Pakistan is currently seeking a new bailout agreement, and its power infrastructure is considered fragile.

Despite this, the PCC has continued promoting the reserve as a path toward “digital non-alignment”, leveraging Bitcoin to reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar and traditional credit channels. A PCC delegation even pitched the reserve to Donald Trump’s crypto-aligned economic team on 4 June in Washington.

Pakistan’s crypto policy remains complex. While the reserve is government-led, general crypto trading remains technically illegal under the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) guidelines. The government is reportedly preparing a Digital Assets Authority bill, which may offer legal clarity when Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance reconvenes.

Regional analysts are also watching closely. Pakistan’s pivot could ripple across South Asia. However, the move could unsettle major creditors like China, which has poured billions into Pakistan’s energy sector through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

What’s next?

It remains to be seen how Saylor plans to assist in an ongoing role in implementing the reserve and whether he will be working directly with CZ.

In the meantime, the SBR initiative is advancing quickly. With a sovereign reserve, surplus energy, and now the world’s most prominent Bitcoin evangelist in the picture, Pakistan is testing whether a fragile economy can hedge its bets with digital gold.

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In late January, cloud-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (CRWD 2.38%) surpassed a $100 billion market cap valuation for the very first time in its history. That valuation places CrowdStrike in rarified company — few businesses are worth this much, regardless of the industry. But among pure-play cybersecurity companies, it’s in even more elite company.

Palo Alto Networks (PANW 1.88%) is the only other pure-play cybersecurity stock that’s achieved a $100 billion market cap. But there is a distinction between these two companies. Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005 and passed a $100 billion valuation in late 2024. For its part, CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 and passed this milestone in early 2025.

In other words, Palo Alto Networks passed the $100 billion threshold mere weeks before CrowdStrike. But CrowdStrike had six fewer years to get there.

The road to $100 billion included speed bumps — CrowdStrike had a catastrophe less than one year ago. The company calls it the “July 19 incident.” A software update contained an error that knocked out information technology systems around the world. The stock plunged more than 40% as investors wondered if it would lose business. But the stock came roaring right back to new highs, because CrowdStrike’s business didn’t skip a beat.

Considering CrowdStrike is so big already, is the stock now as high as it will ever be? That’s a question worth exploring.

What could this mean for investors today?

For what it’s worth, Palo Alto Networks hired current CEO Nikesh Arora in 2018, and he soon went on record predicting that his company would be the first $100 billion cybersecurity business — score one for Arora with this prediction come true. The company is known for its leadership position in firewall hardware devices. But with a lot of acquisitions, Arora has positioned the company as a one-stop shop for cybersecurity.

Being that it focuses on the entire cybersecurity space, Palo Alto Networks’ business does overlap with CrowdStrike, which is more focused on cloud-based endpoint security. But I believe there’s room for both businesses.

According to multiple third-party research firms, the cybersecurity space is worth hundreds of billions of dollars and is expected to grow at a double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for years. In short, the space is large and growing fast, which means that multiple companies can participate in the upside, including both Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.

For its part, CrowdStrike does have multiple things going for it. First, it’s recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity products that it offers. For example, Gartner named it a leader in endpoint security for the fifth straight year in 2024. With this validation, customers are willing to give it a try, which unlocks an interesting opportunity for CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike doesn’t offer a single software product, but rather an entire platform called Falcon. Within Falcon, the company offers 29 separate software modules that work together and are easily deployed as needs arise. This has helped it achieve an incredible growth rate in recent years — existing customers progressively subscribe to new modules, boosting their annual spend.

There’s an advantage to a business model such as this: There are up-front costs associated with winning a new customer. But much of that expense (such as sales and marketing) isn’t there when customers buy additional modules. This means that incremental revenue from new modules by existing customers is higher margin.

This dynamic is why CrowdStrike is enjoying fast revenue growth as well as fast free cash flow growth. Its modules are easy to deploy, leading to fast growth. And each new module is high margin, leading to a boost in free cash flow.

CRWD Free Cash Flow Per Share data by YCharts

Now, CrowdStrike obviously had much higher long-term upside when it was still a small company. That said, I don’t believe the good times are over for shareholders now that the company is worth $100 billion. Companies that sustain high growth rates are consistently among the best long-term stock performers. Those that also maintain profitability are even stronger contenders. And I believe that CrowdStrike can keep doing both.

As noted, the cybersecurity market provides plenty of additional market opportunity for CrowdStrike today, so its revenue growth rate could stay high for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, its guidance for the upcoming fourth quarter implies a strong growth rate of over 20%. And since so much of its growth could come from the adoption of additional modules, there’s good reason to believe free cash flow will stay strong as well.

In summary, CrowdStrike’s rapid rise from start-up to $100 billion company underscores growth trends in cybersecurity, the company’s leadership position in the space, and its advantageous business model. The long-term trends also remain in CrowdStrike’s favor, meaning that $100 billion probably won’t be the last momentous milestone on this journey.