Michael Saylor thinks Bitcoin is headed to $21 million, but the real story in this conversation is how he believes it gets there. In his first appearance on Bankless, Saylor breaks down Strategy’s evolving capital machine, why STRC may be the most ambitious instrument the company has built yet, how he thinks about quantum risk without panic, why his view on Ethereum has become more constructive, and what he means when he says the endgame is giving the world an 8% bank account forever.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:00 Michael Saylor’s $21M Bitcoin thesis
4:33 What has to go right for Bitcoin to get there
11:00 Has Bitcoin adoption stalled out?
13:20 Why STRC became Strategy’s breakout product
18:05 The pitch behind a Bitcoin-backed money market
21:13 How STRC is engineered to stay stable
27:31 Where the 11.5% yield comes from
36:35 Is Strategy taking too much risk?
46:50 Does Strategy ever stop buying Bitcoin?
58:48 Quantum, panic, and the Bitcoin response
1:16:18 Michael Saylor on Ethereum today
1:25:46 “Fix the money, fix the world”
1:38:39 The crypto reactor and Strategy’s endgame
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RESOURCES
Michael Saylor
https://x.com/saylor
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