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ever get the feeling the world of finance,

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like it's changing faster than a Bitcoin price ticker.

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We're right there with you.

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Today's deep dive, we're looking at this company,

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MicroStrategy, and they are going all in on Bitcoin

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in a way that is causing ripples

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even outside the crypto world.

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I mean, it's big.

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Yeah, and what's really interesting here is

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this isn't some brand new FinTech startup, you know?

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MicroStrategy has been around since the 80s,

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mostly known for software.

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Right, totally different world.

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Right, but then their CEO, Michael Saylor,

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gets this idea, this conviction,

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that Bitcoin, it's the future of value.

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So they jump in, both feet.

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Okay, hold on, we gotta talk about this.

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Michael Saylor, who is this guy?

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Is he like a financial visionary

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or is this like a massive gamble?

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Well, his argument is basically that traditional assets,

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all that stuff, stocks, bonds, real estate even,

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it's getting less efficient in this new digital world.

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Yeah, interesting.

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They're tied to these old systems, right?

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And they're vulnerable to inflation,

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controlled by these big institutions.

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Saylor, he's saying Bitcoin is the answer.

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So he's not just like tweeting about it,

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he decides to put his company's money where his mouth is.

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So how much are we even talking about here?

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Get ready for this.

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MicroStrategy owns, right now, roughly 252,220 Bitcoins.

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Whoa, whoa, okay, 252,220 Bitcoins.

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I mean, that's not dabbling, that's a statement.

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That's a statement, yeah.

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But how does a company even get that much Bitcoin?

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I mean, did they like find Satoshi Nakamoto's hard drive

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or something?

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Well, it's actually this whole multi-layered strategy,

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and this is where it gets even more interesting, I think.

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Okay, lay it on me.

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So back in 2020, they start by using $250 million

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of their cash reserves to buy Bitcoin.

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Okay, so far so good.

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But, and this is key, they didn't stop there.

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Let me guess, they raided the company Piggy Bank,

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the snack fund.

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Not quite.

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They started using their existing equity to buy even more.

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Think about it, they're taking chunks

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of the company's own value

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and directly trading it for Bitcoin.

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Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.

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But, I mean, even still,

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that doesn't explain how they got that much Bitcoin.

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Did they start accepting Bitcoin payments

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for their software or?

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No, that's the really fascinating part.

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What they did was start issuing corporate bonds

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and new equity to raise even more money.

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And they used that money to buy more Bitcoin.

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It's like this Bitcoin buying machine

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fueled by Wall Street itself.

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It's a bold move, you gotta give them that.

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And it's different fundamentally

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from something like a Bitcoin ETS.

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MicroStrategy isn't just holding Bitcoin

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on behalf of investors.

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They're building a company where owning their stock

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is basically like owning a little piece

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of their massive Bitcoin stash.

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Right, almost like, so if I buy their stock,

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it's like I'm buying Bitcoin without actually buying Bitcoin.

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Kind of, yeah.

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You're essentially hitching your wagon

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to their Bitcoin bet, which means.

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That risk high reward.

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Exactly, and that brings us to this whole

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infinite money glitch thing.

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Okay, infinite money glitch.

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That sounds less like a financial strategy

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and more like something you'd hear a 12 year old screaming

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while playing, I don't know, Roblox or something.

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Yeah, you're not wrong.

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It's definitely one of those catchy phrases

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that kind of captures the too good to be true vibe

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of this whole thing.

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Reality's a bit more complicated.

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Way more, yeah.

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Okay, so like, break it down for me.

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What is this glitch everyone's talking about?

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So the idea, right, is MicroStrategy takes out

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these low interest loans, these corporate bonds.

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They use that borrowed money to buy up a bunch of Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin goes up, which so far it mostly has,

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and boom, they've made a profit.

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Hopefully way more than the interest they owe.

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Then they just like do it again and again.

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Hence the infinite money part.

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I gotta say, it sounds tempting.

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I guess it's not quite that simple in reality.

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No, of course not.

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And Saylor, he's got this whole counter argument.

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Lay it on me.

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He basically pushes back on this glitch label, right?

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He says it's not about exploiting some loophole

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in the system, it's about a fundamental shift

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in like how capital markets work in a digital age.

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Right, I'm listening.

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He uses this analogy, it's about thermodynamics,

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which sounds complicated, but.

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Yeah, but go on.

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It makes sense actually.

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So picture this.

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Traditional assets, right?

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Stocks, bonds, the whole shebang, they're like steam.

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Steam.

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Yeah, high energy, kind of chaotic,

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and honestly not always that efficient, right?

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Now picture Bitcoin as like ice.

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Lower energy, very structured,

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and potentially a much more efficient way

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to store and transfer value.

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Okay, okay, so he's saying Bitcoin is like

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the future of efficient value,

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but like for me, for the average person,

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why does this even matter?

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That's a million dollar question, right?

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And that's what makes MicroStrategy so interesting,

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because they've essentially made their stock

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a bet on Bitcoin.

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So it's like MicroStrategy is saying,

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hey, you want in on this whole Bitcoin thing,

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here's a way to do it, kinda.

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without diving head first, maybe.

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Like dairy.

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There's always a but.

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There's always a but with Bitcoin.

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And it's a big one, because you know,

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when Bitcoin's price goes up,

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their stock, it can skyrocket,

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but when Bitcoin dips.

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Like, out below.

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Yeah, it can be a wild ride down.

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High risk, high reward, right.

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It's like the tagline of the whole crypto world.

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But I mean, beyond the whole stock market thing,

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what does all this mean?

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Are we like, actually watching companies change

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how they think about money?

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That's the real question, isn't it?

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Honestly, the answer is, we don't really know yet.

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But MicroStrategy, they're definitely shaking things up.

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How so?

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Just the sheer amount of Bitcoin they're buying,

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it impacts the market.

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Supply and demand, the oldest rule in the book.

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And they're not just buying it to, you know,

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flip it the next day.

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They're holding it, which takes it out of circulation.

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Like they're this, I don't know,

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this whale in the Bitcoin ocean,

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and everyone's watching to see what they'll do next.

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It's a good analogy.

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well, less weird for these big institutions

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to think about Bitcoin.

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Right, hey, everyone else is doing it.

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If this, you know, this publicly traded company

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can just hold Bitcoin as part of their,

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whatever their assets, why not everybody else?

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Suddenly, it's not this crazy fringe idea.

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It's just another option.

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Like they're dragging Bitcoin

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towards like Wall Street respectability or something.

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the regulatory side of all this.

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Governments, central banks,

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they're all watching this very, very closely.

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What they decide to do about it or not do,

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it's a big deal for all of us.

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It's a high stakes game for sure.

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But okay, let's cut to the chase.

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Is this whole micro strategy thing, is it sustainable?

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Can they actually keep this up

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or are they like one Bitcoin crash away from total disaster?

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Yeah, it's the multi-billion dollar question, right?

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And nobody knows for sure.

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I mean, if Bitcoin really does become

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what Saylor thinks it will,

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some globally recognized store value

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and the price keeps going up.

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Micro strategy is living all the way to the bank.

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Exactly, but.

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There's always a but.

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Always a but.

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Bitcoin, it's volatile.

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We all know that, right?

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It's a new technology relatively speaking.

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So there's risk, big risk.

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I mean, who knows?

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Some massive security breach,

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some new regulations that kill the whole thing.

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Poof, it could all go up in smoke.

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who's been with us on this wild ride?

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I think the big thing is

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we're in this really interesting moment.

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This transition period in the history of finance

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and what micro strategy is doing,

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it shows how blurry the lines are getting

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between the old world of finance

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and this new world of digital assets.

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So whether Saylor and micro strategy are geniuses or crazy.

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Or a little of both.

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Well, they're shaking things up.

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Big time.

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And that's what makes this whole thing

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so fascinating to watch.

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Definitely.

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And this deep dive was just a quick look.

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If you wanna really understand what's going on,

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well, you gotta keep learning, right?

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Exactly, dive into the world of Bitcoin,

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blockchain, all of it.

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It might seem complicated, but hey, who knows?

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Maybe your next deep dive will be on some company

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that followed micro strategy's lead.

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Or went in a completely different direction.

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There are so many possibilities.

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That's the beauty of it all.

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The future of money, it's out there waiting to be discovered.