Friday, June 6, 2025

MicroStrategy head reveals China’s trillion dollar mistake

&NewLine;<&excl;-- Google AdSense AMP snippet added by Site Kit -->&NewLine;<amp-auto-ads type&equals;"adsense" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7026113949539412"><&sol;amp-auto-ads>&NewLine;<&excl;-- End Google AdSense AMP snippet added by Site Kit -->&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Michael Sailor<&sol;strong> believes that the withdrawal of <strong>miners<&sol;strong> from the <strong>PRC<&sol;strong> will benefit <strong>cryptocurrency mining<&sol;strong> enterprises in the United States&comma; which have already begun to receive 50&percnt; more profit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The <strong>Chinese <&sol;strong>authorities made a big mistake by tightening the regulation of <strong>mining and crypto trading<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>MicroStrategy<&sol;strong> CEO <strong>Michael Sailor<&sol;strong> said in an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bloomberg&period;com&sol;news&sol;videos&sol;2021-06-25&sol;why-microstrategy-s-ceo-isn-t-concerned-about-bitcoin-moves-video&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;cmpid&percnt;3D&equals;socialflow-twitter-tech&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;tech&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;socialflow-organic&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">interview with <strong>Bloomberg<&sol;strong><&sol;a> &period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; <strong>China <&sol;strong>had a 50&percnt; share of the <strong>bitcoin mining market<&sol;strong>&comma; which generated about &dollar; 10 billion a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">China&&num;8217&semi;s Bitcoin crackdown will be a &&num;8220&semi;trillion-dollar mistake&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor talks to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;emilychangtv&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;emilychangtv<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Eu4ZAUjjhD">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Eu4ZAUjjhD<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;AJ951tFr39">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;AJ951tFr39<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Bloomberg Technology &lpar;&commat;technology&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;technology&sol;status&sol;1408548433292677140&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">June 25&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p> <script async&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center"><strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Given the rate of growth of bitcoin&comma; this would be a trillion dollar mistake&comma;” said Sailor&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The head of <strong>MicroStrategy<&sol;strong> noted that the exodus of <strong>miners from China<&sol;strong> will benefit <strong>North American cryptocurrency mining<&sol;strong> enterprises&comma; which have already begun to receive 50&percnt; more profit due to the fact that Chinese <strong>miners<&sol;strong> turned off their equipment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sailor claims that due to the need to move and transport equipment to other countries&comma; <strong>Chinese miners<&sol;strong> were forced to start selling the <strong>mined cryptocurrency<&sol;strong>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is what led to the surge in volatility in the <strong>crypto market<&sol;strong> that was observed last week&comma; says Sailor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>MicroStrategy<&sol;strong> is the largest <strong>cryptocurrency<&sol;strong> holder among publicly traded companies&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cointopsecret&period;com&sol;2021&sol;06&sol;22&sol;microstrategy-announced-the-purchase-of-bitcoin-for-almost-another-500-million&sol;">The last time the company bought 13 thousand <strong>bitcoin<&sol;strong> for about &dollar; 489 million<&sol;a>&comma; it happened on June 21&period; <strong>MicroStrategy<&sol;strong> currently owns 105&comma;000 <strong>digital coins<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Chinese<&sol;strong> authorities have called for stricter regulation of <strong>mining and crypto trading<&sol;strong> in May&period; Since then&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cointopsecret&period;com&sol;2021&sol;06&sol;20&sol;electricity-to-miners-to-be-cut-off-in-sichuan-until-june-20&sol;">a <strong>ban <&sol;strong>on the <strong>mining of cryptocurrency<&sol;strong> has been introduced in four provinces of the PRC &lpar; <strong>Sichuan<&sol;strong> &comma; <strong>Yunnan <&sol;strong>&comma; Qin<strong>g<&sol;strong>hai and <strong>Xinjiang<&sol;strong> &rpar;<&sol;a>&comma; and banks and other financial institutions in <strong>China<&sol;strong> have been <strong>banned<&sol;strong> from conducting operations related to <strong>cryptocurrency<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The vice president of <strong>mining<&sol;strong> company Foundry said that already about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cointopsecret&period;com&sol;2021&sol;06&sol;23&sol;70-of-chinese-miners-shut-down-hardware&sol;">70&percnt; of <strong>Chinese<&sol;strong> enterprises for the extraction of <strong><strong>cryptocurrency<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> have stopped operations and turned off equipment<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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