Saylor: Digital Asset Rights Framework Needed to Unlock AI Era Growth
Strategy's executive chairman calls for five basic freedoms for digital assets, arguing they are essential to finance millions of new companies in an AI-driven economy.
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Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, is urging policymakers to adopt a “bill of digital rights” for the age of digital assets and artificial intelligence. In an essay posted to X on Saturday, he argued that restrictions on digital assets will choke off the economic potential of an AI-fueled era.
Saylor framed the issue around productivity: AI can dramatically increase what the economy produces, but that output only matters if the financial system can channel capital into new ventures. “An asset’s value depends on what its owner can do with it. Restrict its usefulness, and you restrict its economic potential,” he wrote.
To that end, he proposed a regulatory framework built on five fundamental rights: the right to create digital assets, the right to issue them to the public to raise money, the right to hold them or choose a custodian, the right to transfer them freely among people, companies, wallets and service providers, and the right to use them for spending, investing, earning income, or as collateral for loans. Saylor said these rights should extend to both individuals and corporations.
The essay comes as Strategy resumed Bitcoin purchases after a two-week pause. According to Cointelegraph, the company acquired 950 BTC for $75.7 million, or roughly $79,670 per coin, on Monday. That brings its total holdings to 846,000 BTC, purchased for about $63.8 billion at an average cost of $75,416 per coin. Bitcoin was trading around $84,523 at the time of writing.
Saylor argued that an AI-driven economy will displace many existing jobs and products, so the pace of new business creation must accelerate. “Our ambition should be to enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” he wrote.
He also warned that protecting legacy business models at the expense of new entrants leaves the economy ill-prepared for technological shifts. To adapt, he said, digital dollars should be allowed to compete on yield and move instantly across platforms. Banks, fintech firms and tech companies should all be permitted to offer digital dollars through existing apps and devices.
“Where the law prevents it, the law should change,” Saylor added.
His proposed rights framework, if adopted, would mark a shift from current regulatory approaches that often focus on restricting token sales and transfers. Saylor’s comments add to a growing debate over how to regulate digital assets in a period of rapid AI development.
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