ChainCatcher News, Michael Saylor delivered a keynote speech titled “Digital Capital, Credit, Currency, and Banking” at the Bitcoin MENA Conference, focusing on Bitcoin’s transformative potential in the global financial system. Saylor pointed out that recent recognition of Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset by U.S. political figures, including Donald Trump, and showcased growth data of Bitcoin reserves since 2020. He described Bitcoin as “the world’s digital store of value,” emphasizing its features such as no expiration limit, no counterparty risk, no event risk, no confiscation risk, no holding fees, high portability, and final settlement within minutes. Through DuPont analysis, Saylor demonstrated Bitcoin’s superior capital efficiency compared to traditional finance. During his speech, he compared the performance of different asset classes: fiat currency depreciation rate at -1.4%, inflation rate at 7.5%, stock return rate at 12.1%, and Bitcoin’s compound annual growth rate at 34.2%. Saylor warned of risks in traditional systems, such as currency devaluation, and positioned Bitcoin as a tool for hedging volatility. He firmly stated, “Our purchasing power will surpass all sellers in the market; we will not experience purchase fatigue.” He further declared, “Our goal is to acquire every obtainable Bitcoin in the market.” He concluded by calling on countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa region, to adopt Bitcoin as digital capital, credit, and currency, predicting that the Bitcoinization process will accelerate, ushering in an era of digital abundance.
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