Michael Saylor Says $80K Bitcoin is "Satoshi's Gift to the Faithful" | Markets Outlook

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Bitcoin's volatility and MSTR stock with Strategy Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. Strategy Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Michael Saylor joins us to discuss bitcoin's sharp decline to nearly $80,000, calling the volatility "Satoshi's gift" and a necessary "feature" for performance. He argues that investors need a 4 to 10-year time horizon and defends MicroStrategy's stock and financial resilience against index exclusion rumors and market noise. Saylor stresses that the long-term fundamentals of digital capital and financial sovereignty will override near-term pain. - Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠midnight.network/break-free⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Need liquidity without selling your crypto? Take out a ⁠⁠⁠⁠Figure Crypto-Backed Loan⁠⁠⁠⁠, allowing you to borrow against your BTC, ETH, or SOL with 12-month terms and no prepayment penalties. They have the lowest rates in the industry at 8.91%, allowing you to access instant cash or buy more Bitcoin without triggering a tax event. Unlock your crypto’s potential today at Figure! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://figuremarkets.co/coindesk⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Genius Group has partnered with CoinDesk for Bitcoin Treasury Month, launching the Genius x CoinDesk Quest. Participants can join the Bitcoin Academy, complete free microcourses from experts like Natalie Brunell and Saifedean Ammous, and enter to win 1,000,000 GEMs (worth 1 BTC) promoting bitcoin education and adoption.Learn more at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠geniusgroup.ai/coindesk-bitcoin-treasury-month/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:06.5	And we kind of need the people to build the airplanes and build the automobiles if we're going to move the civilization forward.
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1:21.8	Hey everyone, I'm Jen Sanasi, and you're watching CoinDesk. Bitcoin came close to $80,000 today, and strategy shares are trading
1:29.7	almost 70% down from where they were a year ago. Joining me now is strategy chairman Michael Saylor
1:36.3	to talk about how he's looking at markets today. All right, Michael, Bitcoin is at around $80,000 this
1:43.2	morning. My first question to you is how much did you buy today?
1:46.4	I can't speak about that. We released that on a routine basis via 8Ks. But what I can say is on Monday morning of this week, we did buy $830 million worth of Bitcoin.
1:58.5	So our last buy was just a few days ago, and it was quite a lot.
2:02.6	This is not a typical Q4 for Bitcoin. I mean, how are you watching the markets? Where do we go from here?
2:08.9	We know that you are extremely bullish and all in. But what is a day like today? How does that
2:15.6	impact you? What are you feeling today? You know, as I say, volatility
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