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BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes made a pointed distinction on May 13 during an interview with The Wolf of All Streets: Michael Saylor is a corporate finance operator first, and retail Bitcoin holders should not mistake his mandate for theirs.
Hayes credited Saylor as a genius in corporate finance, noting that MicroStrategy's ability to structure Bitcoin-linked products and derivatives flows directly from its unique balance sheet and institutional market relationships. None of that, Hayes argued, is designed with the ordinary BTC holder in mind.
The framing is a useful corrective for investors who treat MicroStrategy's accumulation strategy as a proxy for Bitcoin advocacy. Saylor will do what best serves his shareholders — and that may or may not align with the interests of anyone holding BTC outside of MSTR.
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