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Feb 2021
2h 15m

34. Michael Saylor on The Fiat Standard

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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We are rejoined by Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor, who has read the first part of The Fiat Standard and shares some fascinating feedback on it, including how to think of time preference and bitcoin. We also discuss Bitcoin for Corporations, the conference Microstrategy organized, and how he sees the bitcoin corporate wave advancing. What are the assets obs ... Show More
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