{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scoop","title":"MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor on gold, Ordinals and Bitcoin ETFs","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5af3fc1b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3455,"description":"Michael Saylor is the Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy.\nSince 2020, MicroStrategy has amassed an eye-catching bitcoin reserve, making it one of the largest corporate holders of bitcoin in the world. Critics have been vocal, but Saylor and his company have stood firm in their belief and commitment.\nIn this episode, Saylor explains why bitcoin's performance over the last two years relative to other asset classes is indicative of relative strength, and gives his opinion on recent bitcoin developments including the flurry of ETF applications as well as the Ordinals/BRC-20 debate. \n\nOutline:\n1:59 - Inflation & Bitcoin\n8:29 - MicroStrategy's leverage\n9:12 - Bitcoin's volatility regime\n13:48 - Technocrats\n15:19 - Bitcoin legitimization\n19:34 - Bitcoin Maximalism\n25:31 - Saylor on Ordinals\n28:39 - Unregistered securities\n30:20 - Crypto crackdown conspiracies\n34:38 - Spot Bitcoin ETF\n39:54 - Bitcoin dominance\n51:50 - Work/life balance\n53:30 - MicroStrategy's miscalculation\n55:09 - Thermodynamically sound economic energy\n\nThis episode is brought to you by our sponsors PayPal and CleanSpark.\nAbout PayPal\nMake your crypto move with PayPal. Get started today at PayPal.com/crypto\nAbout CleanSpark\nCleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) is America’s Bitcoin Miner™. Visit cleanspark.com/theblock to learn more about the CleanSpark way.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kC6kzNjgr18dm0FmBfV_f9xccAkjj-QXoCJmVNlNtrU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZmIz/N2E5MmRmMzJjOTU3/OTNhYjJkYzcxZTlj/MTU2Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}