Michael Saylor joined Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour at the Bitcoin Conference for a conversation about Bitcoin, digital capital, and where he believes the asset is headed next. As executive chairman and co-founder of Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, Saylor has spent recent years as one of the most visible advocates for corporations holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets.
The conversation ranges from the mechanics of Bitcoin-backed credit products to bigger questions about AI, inflation, and the dollar, with Saylor laying out the thinking behind a strategy he has pursued for years.
About Michael Saylor
An MIT-trained entrepreneur, Michael Saylor built Strategy into one of the most closely watched companies in the Bitcoin world by pioneering the practice of using corporate treasury reserves to acquire and hold large amounts of the asset. That approach has made Saylor a prominent voice at Bitcoin-focused conferences and in financial media.
Under Saylor's direction, Strategy has continued developing new Bitcoin-backed financial instruments, including a credit product called STRC, reflecting his broader view of Bitcoin as a form of digital capital rather than a conventional investment.
What Michael Saylor and Sean Kelly Talked About
- Why Saylor describes Bitcoin as scarce digital capital rather than a traditional financial asset
- How Strategy built STRC, a Bitcoin-backed credit instrument, and what it's designed to do
- His reasoning for why the traditional four-year Bitcoin cycle may be losing relevance
- How he sees AI shaping the design of new digital financial products
- Why he frames Bitcoin around property rights rather than returns alone
- His outlook on Bitcoin mining shifting toward stranded and excess energy sources
- How he views stablecoins and digital credit as the next phase of the market
- His long-term thesis for Bitcoin relative to the dollar, gold, and real estate
Why This Conversation Matters
Saylor is one of the most prominent corporate voices in Bitcoin, and this conversation lays out his thinking in more depth than a typical panel appearance allows. Nothing here should be read as financial advice — it's Saylor's own view of where digital capital is headed, offered by someone who has staked a public company's strategy on that belief.
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Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur and the host of the Digital Social Hour, one of the fastest-growing interview podcasts in the world, where he sits down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and cultural voices for candid, long-form conversations. The show draws over 100 million views a month across platforms. Explore more guest features on SeanKelly.io.
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