Today we bring on Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy after they have announced a $425 million investment into Bitcoin. With a move to making Bitcoin their dominant treasury reserve asset, we talk all about fundamental shifts in technology, the innovation of Bitcoin as a monetary asset, the dematerialization of money, and the impact it will have on the future. Don't forget to follow Michael on social media and check out his excellent book "The Mobile Wave" for some interesting thoughts on past technological shifts: https://twitter.com/michael_saylor https://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Wave-Intelligence-Change-Everything/dp/1593157207/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+mobile+wave&qid=1600459046&sr=8-1 Check out our sponsor for today's show and their awesome, new, feature-rich Bitcoin wallet Website: Hexawallet.io App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hexa-simple-bitcoin-wallet/id1490205837 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.hexawallet.hexa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"If one transaction can be censored and controlled, can’t all transactions be censored and controlled? Can’t the powers-that-be deprive participants of the ability to exchange value globally and freely?" - Yassine Elmandjra Starting into the first half of a great investment thesis on Bitcoin by Yassine from ARKinvest. Digging into the core economic assurances of the financial system and how the legacy, trust based model of financial authority has failed in providing them. Where have they broken down, and what has fundamentally caused it? And how does it compare to the unique economic tool of Bitcoin? Today's read, Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution [Part 1] Link to the full paper - https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/bitcoin-part-one/ Another great piece by Yassine covered on the show, Winner Takes All, or Winner Takes Most? - https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_204---Winner-Takes-All--or-Winner-Takes-Most--Misir-Mahmudov--Yassine-Elmandjra-e30vht And Hasu's excellent piece, Promise of Independent Property Rights - https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_225---Bitcoin--the-Promise-of-Independent-Property-Rights-Hasu--Su-Zhu-e3j6b8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message