TBH, this was a bit painful to watch. I wish you had enough time to ask him why we need his “digital money” synthetic financial product when Bitcoin itself is already that.
Michael Saylor | The Bitcoin Treasury Debate Gets Heated
We discuss:
- Bitcoin in 2026
- Are There Too Many Treasury Companies?
- The Future of mNAVs
- Building on Digital Credit
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/J85O-ckNxCw
Discussion
STRC is a way to store money that could be needed in the short term without the volatility. You basically give up the volatility to earn 11% interest. There’s value in that even for Bitcoin maximalists
Fair enough, but why call it digital money, if it’s a Bitcoin-backed money market fund.
I dont think he does. He calls it digital credit. And he wants somebody else to use that product to create digital money which would be a stable coin built on top of it. That’s how I understand his terminology anyway
Dan Hillery and Forst HODL have some solid MSTR prefs breakdowns. Bitcoin is the engine that powers these products