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Wall Street Can’t Beat Michael Saylor’s Runaway Crypto Engine
Wall Street keeps inventing new ways to ride the digital-currency boom — from amped-up ETFs and tokenized funds to structured products — and crypto competitors keep circling. But the trade still delivering the biggest rewards belongs to Michael Saylor.
His firm, now branded as Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy Inc., pioneered the original capital-markets hack in this era of retail speculation. The playbook? Sell stock and debt. Use the proceeds to buy Bitcoin. Watch the market rip. Then do it all over again.