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Michael Saylor Frames Bitcoin as an Engineering Solution for Money
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Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor argues bitcoin can preserve and transfer economic value more efficiently than gold or fiat currency, framing the cryptocurrency as a technological upgrade to money itself.
Key facts
- Strategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6 million during Aug. 3-9 and directed the net proceeds toward repurchasing 1,152,020 STRC preferred shares for the same amount
- Strategy’s bitcoin ledger showed 840,447 BTC as of Aug. 10, with an aggregate acquisition cost of about $63.36 billion and an average purchase price of $75,385 per bitcoin
- Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor on Aug
- The latest Form 8-K filed with the SEC shows how that policy is being used in practice
Summary
Proof of work and private keys underpin his case for security and ownership. Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor on Aug. 15 described bitcoin as an engineering solution for storing and transferring economic value, extending his long-running argument that the asset should be understood as monetary technology rather than only a cryptocurrency. Saylor’s argument starts from the premise that money stores the value generated through labor, intelligence, and natural resources, allowing that value to move through time and across distance. “To understand bitcoin, first understand money.