Michael Saylor: The next phase of the cryptocurrency industry will be "digital credit"

According to Forbes, Michael Saylor has transformed Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) from a little-known enterprise software company into the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin over the past six years, accumulating over 762,000 BTC, worth billions of dollars.

At the digital asset summit held in New York yesterday, Saylor discussed "digital credit" and views it as a core opportunity. The STRC (nicknamed "Stretch") he introduced is a preferred stock product positioned by Strategy as a unique tool in the crypto space: a low-volatility, high-yield asset designed to be included in fixed-income portfolios. Saylor mentioned that the product has a yield of 11.5%, a volatility of about 2%, and a Sharpe ratio close to 4. The nominal size of the product reaches $5 billion, with an average daily liquidity of $224 million, already achieving institutional-level trading scale.

After the meeting, he stated, "Digital credit is the most attractive credit tool in the world. If you can create a product with a Sharpe ratio of 4, it should be in every portfolio."

Meanwhile, institutional funds are flowing back into Bitcoin through regulated channels, with the U.S. spot ETF recording the longest net inflow period this year. However, the proportion of crypto assets in U.S. managed wealth is still below 0.5%—and Saylor is trying to bridge this gap. For yield-seeking investors, a tool that uses Bitcoin as collateral, has bond-like volatility, and offers double-digit returns opens up a whole new investment narrative.