Since launching its Bitcoin acquisition program in 2020, MicroStrategy has purchased 450,000 Bitcoins with a total value of more than $43 billion, with the latest purchase of 2,530 Bitcoins announced on Monday.Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan outlined why he believes that companies like MicroStrategy buying Bitcoin is a "huge, overlooked trend." "This is a bigger trend than most people realize," Hougan wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday. "In fact, I think it's a truly huge trend. Over the next 12 to 18 months, we will see hundreds of companies buying Bitcoin for their treasury reserves, and their purchases will significantly drive up the entire Bitcoin market." (TheBlock)