Authored by Michael Millard via Cointelegraph,
Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, said that an age of digital assets and intelligence needs a "bill of digital rights," rather than restrictions.
An age of AI can increase production, but it needs better money and capital markets to realize its potential, according to an essay that Saylor, executive chairman of world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, posted on X Saturday.
A useful framework for digital assets should establish five fundamental rights, or freedoms, Saylor wrote.
These rights include (1) the freedom to create new digital assets and (2) to issue them to the market to finance business and productivity. They also include (3) the right to hold them or choose a custodian, as well as (4) to transfer them, to move the assets among people, companies, wallets and service providers. Finally, (5) to use them, to spend, invest, earn income and borrow against digital assets.
These rights should apply to both people and companies, Saylor wrote. "An asset's value depends on what its owner can do with it. Restrict its usefulness, and you restrict its economic potential," he said.
As digital intelligence will automate jobs and make many products obsolete, future prosperity will depend on our ability to create new businesses and opportunities at a faster pace, Saylor wrote, adding that "our ambition should be to enable 10 million new companies to raise capital."
Cointelegraph reported on Monday that Strategy had resumed buying Bitcoin after a two-week pause, acquiring 950 Bitcoin (BTC) for $75.7 million at an average price of $79,670 per coin.
Digital dollars should be allowed to competeThis brought Strategy's holdings to 846,000 BTC, acquired for about $63.8 billion at an average cost of $75,416 per coin. Bitcoin was trading at about $84,523 at the time of publication.
Saylor also wrote in his essay that "protecting existing business models while making it difficult to finance their successors leaves the economy poorly prepared for technological change."
Therefore, digital dollars should be allowed to compete on yield and "move at the speed of light," he said. Banks, financial technology companies and technology platforms should offer digital dollars through the devices and applications people already use.
"Where the law prevents it, the law should change," Saylor added.
Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:25Of all people, Democrat Bill Maher believes President Trump’s aggressive image may be playing a role in America’s ongoing decline in crime.
On Friday’s “Real Time,” Maher argued that while falling crime has plenty of potential explanations, it would be foolish to completely dismiss the psychological effect of having a president who openly projects a law-and-order persona, according to the NY Post.
“It’s just childish to pretend that when you elect a “f— around and find out” president, a ‘no more Mr. Nice Guy-booting-your-ass-V-for-vendetta-kick-ass—and-take-names-say-hello-to-my-little-friend’ president, that’s not going to have some effect on crime,” Maher said to laughs from his studio audience.
He was quick to make clear that Trump wasn’t the only explanation. Crime was already moving lower before Trump returned to the White House, and Maher pointed to America’s increasingly pervasive surveillance as another possible factor.
“It’s not just drug crime that’s way down – it’s all crime. And again, probably much of it is not political. It’s because you can’t move two inches in America without being tracked, photographed, and followed by a flock camera,” he quipped.
The Post writes that Maher also argued that policies traditionally associated with Democrats deserve some credit, particularly programs aimed at reducing economic desperation.
“But it’s also because when Democrats expand the safety net, there are less desperate people – and because Trump is a badass. No, I don’t agree with many of his methods, like how they sometimes just deport people to countries where they have absolutely no connection – like Meghan and Harry,” he said. “Is doing it this way the right thing? No.”
During the segment, Maher referenced an Atlantic piece examining the country’s broader decline in violent crime. FBI figures cited in the discussion showed the trend beginning during the Biden years and continuing under Trump. Other explanations have included changes in policing, a strong labor market and federal support sent to state and local governments during the pandemic.
But Maher’s closing argument was that Trump’s cultivated image of toughness may be reinforcing the trend.
“He has UFC fights on the lawn. I think the bad guys got the message,” he said.
Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 18:00