Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has urged Apple and Meta to hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets, arguing that leaving major corporate reserves entirely outside BTC creates financial risk.
Bitcoin Magazine published the comments on Sept. 21 following a 30-minute interview in which Draper called it “irresponsible” for large technology companies to maintain no Bitcoin exposure. He tied his position to U.S. government spending and warned that the fiscal path could eventually produce either hyperinflation or interest rates high enough to create problems for banks.
Draper’s comments represent his investment view, not a company policy change at Apple or Meta. Neither company’s most recent quarterly filing discloses Bitcoin among its treasury assets.
During the interview, Draper argued that businesses should maintain roughly four weeks of operating expenses in Bitcoin, while individuals should consider holding around six months of expenses in BTC. He said governments should maintain Bitcoin exposure as a hedge against problems in traditional monetary systems.
His argument extends beyond a conventional inflation hedge. Draper said corporate boards with no Bitcoin exposure could leave companies vulnerable if banks holding their cash fail. Bitcoin, in his view, provides an alternative asset held outside the conventional banking structure.
Draper has long promoted Bitcoin as part of a decentralized financial system. In the latest interview, he linked blockchain technology with artificial intelligence, smart contracts and software automation, arguing that technological development could reduce dependence on payment intermediaries, accountants and other centralized service providers.
His monetary forecast remains highly uncertain. No official U.S. projection says hyperinflation is inevitable, and current fiscal data do not establish such an outcome. Treasury figures do, however, show continued large federal deficits.
Data sourced from the U.S. Treasury showed a $167 billion federal deficit in August. During the first 11 months of fiscal 2026, federal outlays reached roughly $6.8 trillion against around $4.8 trillion in receipts, producing a cumulative deficit close to $2 trillion.
Those figures document current borrowing requirements but do not confirm Draper’s prediction that the fiscal path must end in hyperinflation or a banking crisis.
Apple’s latest quarterly filing provides a clear view of the scale of the balance sheet Draper wants partly exposed to Bitcoin.
Apple reported $39.54 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of June 27, alongside $22.86 billion of current marketable securities and $84.12 billion of non-current marketable securities. Together, those categories totaled approximately $146.5 billion.
The filing lists cash, money-market funds, U.S. Treasury securities, government agency securities, corporate securities and other conventional investments. A search of the Form 10-Q produced no reference to Bitcoin.
Apple’s February 2026 annual shareholder meeting did not feature a Bitcoin treasury proposal. Its five voting items covered directors, its auditor, executive compensation, a director stock plan and a shareholder proposal concerning China.
Meta’s latest filing presents a similar picture. Meta reported $15.46 billion of cash and cash equivalents and $74.80 billion in marketable securities as of June 30, giving it approximately $90.3 billion across the two categories.
Its disclosed portfolio included money-market funds, U.S. government securities, agency debt, corporate debt and marketable equities. Meta’s latest Form 10-Q contains no reference to Bitcoin.
Meta has already faced a formal shareholder request to consider Bitcoin.
A 2025 shareholder proposal asked the board to prepare an assessment of whether adding Bitcoin to Meta’s treasury would serve shareholder interests. The company’s board recommended voting against the proposal, saying its existing treasury management process already considered multiple investable asset classes.
As crypto.news previously reported, the Meta Bitcoin treasury proposal was submitted by Ethan Peck on behalf of a family trust. The proposal argued that holding conventional cash and bonds could reduce purchasing power and asked Meta to assess Bitcoin as another reserve asset.
Shareholders rejected the proposal at Meta’s May 28, 2025 annual meeting. Meta recorded 3,916,871 votes in favor, compared with 4,980,828,562 against and 8,857,588 abstentions.
Microsoft encountered a similar campaign months earlier. Its shareholders rejected an assessment of investing in Bitcoin at the December 2024 annual meeting after the board recommended voting against the measure.
The SEC filing showed only 0.55% of votes supported the proposal, with 28.23 million shares voting for it and more than 5.14 billion voting against.
Crypto.news covered the Microsoft shareholder rejection of a Bitcoin treasury assessment after the vote. Microsoft had argued that its treasury team already evaluated a range of investment assets and did not need the requested assessment.
Draper used the latest interview to repeat another long-standing position: his $250,000 Bitcoin price target. Bitcoin Magazine reported that he now connects the target with future Bitcoin halvings and the resulting reduction in new supply.
The $250,000 level remains Draper’s forecast and is not supported by any guaranteed timeline. His previous Bitcoin price calls have frequently carried dates that passed before the target was reached.
Corporate adoption remains uneven. Some listed companies have built business models around holding Bitcoin, while large technology groups continue to keep most liquid reserves in cash, government securities and other traditional instruments.
The corporate Bitcoin treasury model has expanded enough to create a separate class of public companies whose valuations are closely tied to their crypto reserves. At the same time, several treasury companies have faced pressure when Bitcoin prices fell or financing costs increased.
Strategy remains the best-known corporate adopter, though its treasury strategy has changed during 2026 as it manages financing obligations and liquidity. Recent crypto.news reporting documented Strategy’s move from constant accumulation toward active Bitcoin treasury management after the company began selling portions of its holdings.
Draper did not say Apple or Meta had entered discussions to acquire Bitcoin, nor did he disclose conversations with either company about changing treasury policy. His Sept. 21 comments were an investment recommendation made during the Bitcoin Magazine interview.
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