Why Bitcoin Beats Gold for Currency Collapse Protection?

  • Saylor warns currencies collapse every 30 years, with even the USD losing 99.9% of its value.

  • Bitcoin represents a “digital gold” solution, weightless and capped at 21 million coins.

  • An engineering mindset led Saylor to view Bitcoin as a thermodynamically sound system. 

Michael Saylor’s journey to Bitcoin began during the 2020 crisis when his company faced potential decline amid zero interest rates and remote work threats. Speaking with Jordan Peterson in a podcast, the Strategy executive explained how his engineering background and study of monetary history led him to conclude that traditional stores of value fail over extended timeframes, making Bitcoin the superior choice for preserving wealth.

The billionaire’s analysis focuses on historical currency patterns that many investors overlook. According to Saylor, currencies collapse every 30 to 40 years across most political jurisdictions throughout human history. Even the US dollar, which he calls “the winning currency of the 20th century,” has lost 99.9% of its purchasing power over the past century. He stated that a house in Miami Beach that cost $100,000 in 1930 would require $100 million today.

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