Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Bet Under Pressure and the Ripple Effects of UST Stablecoin Collapse

“The Hash” panel tackles the UST stablecoin’s loss of its dollar peg. What happened and what does it mean?

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen uses UST as an example to discuss risks within our financial system, including MicroStrategy’s decision not to sell bitcoin even as prices fall below its average purchase costs because the company “anticipates that demand will be sufficient.” Plus: the reason why Azuki NFTs are crashing in value.

See also:

UST Stablecoin Veers Wildly From Dollar Peg. Here's the Latest

Michael Saylor Suggests MicroStrategy Will Never Sell Its Bitcoin

Azuki NFT Founder Admits to Abandoning Past Projects

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This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”