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Peter SchiffonX / Twitter1d ago
According to @Saylor, the reason it’s better to create digital credit using Bitcoin, rather than the S&P or gold, is that Bitcoin has a higher expected rate of return. Expected by whom? Bitcoin’s expected return is more hope than forecast. Investing based on hope won’t end well.
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Analysis Summary
Schiff is pushing back on Michael Saylor's pitch that Bitcoin is the best collateral for digital credit because of its higher expected return, arguing that 'expected return' for Bitcoin is really just hope. The underlying point has merit — Bitcoin has no cash flows, so return forecasts rely on price assumptions, and recent coverage shows Bitcoin trading like a risk asset and on track for a second straight losing year. What Schiff leaves out is that Saylor's framework isn't a pure return bet — it's about using BTC as volatile collateral to issue tranched credit products, which is a structural argument Schiff sidesteps rather than rebuts.
Claims Analysis (3)
“Saylor argues Bitcoin is better than the S&P or gold for creating digital credit because Bitcoin has a higher expected rate of return.”
Consistent with Saylor's well-documented public arguments for Bitcoin-backed credit instruments and higher expected returns.
“Bitcoin's expected return is more hope than forecast.”
Subjective characterization; Bitcoin lacks cash flows, so forward returns rely on price assumptions rather than fundamentals.
“Investing based on hope won't end well.”
Predictive opinion, not a falsifiable factual claim.
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