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MicroStrategy CEO drops bombshell advice as Trump tariffs spark global trade chaos and crypto markets bleed

Washington, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Michael Saylor, the man who turned MicroStrategy into the largest corporate Bitcoin holder on earth, issued a stark warning today: if the current world order is truly breaking down, people must own assets with no counterparty risk. His answer is simple. Bitcoin.

“There is no counterparty,” Saylor wrote in a post that instantly went viral. “If the world order is failing, own the asset with no counterparty.”

The statement landed like a thunderclap on a day when Bitcoin was trading below $52,000, down more than 50% from its all-time high of nearly $109,000 reached just two months ago.

Trump Tariffs Trigger Global Trade Earthquake

President Donald Trump’s aggressive new tariff regime, rolled out in his first weeks back in office, has sent shockwaves through global markets. 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. 10% additional duties on Chinese goods. Threats of 60% or higher on certain nations. Countries are already scrambling to find new trading partners and reduce dependence on the U.S. market.

Economists warn the moves could shave 1-2% off global GDP growth in 2025. Supply chains built over decades are being torn apart overnight. The old rules-based trading system that emerged after World War II appears to be crumbling in real time.

This is exactly the kind of disorder Saylor has been predicting for years.

Bitcoin’s Brutal Correction

While stocks have largely shrugged off the tariff chaos so far, crypto has not. The entire market has been crushed since January.

Bitcoin lost half its value in six weeks. Ethereum is down 60%. Altcoins have been obliterated, with many major projects trading 80-90% below their peaks.

The sell-off has been merciless. Liquidations have topped $10 billion. Once-cocky crypto influencers have gone silent or turned bearish. The mood on Crypto Twitter is funereal.

Yet Michael Saylor has not sold a single satoshi.

Why Saylor Is Doubling Down When Everyone Else Panics

MicroStrategy now owns 478,740 Bitcoin, acquired at an average price of about $42,000. The current value of those holdings stands at roughly $25 billion, still a massive unrealized gain despite the crash.

Saylor’s logic has never changed. In a world of exploding government debt, currency devaluation, and now trade wars, Bitcoin is the only major asset that cannot be printed, seized, or destroyed by any government or corporation.

No central bank can inflate it. No president can sanction it. No counterparty can default on it.

Gold has storage costs and can be confiscated, as Americans learned in 1933. Stocks depend on company management and government policy. Bonds rely on governments paying their debts. Real estate can be taxed or seized.

Bitcoin has none of these weaknesses.

The Market That Refuses to Die

History shows Bitcoin has survived worse.

It fell 93% in 2011-2012. Another 83% in 2014-2015. 85% in 2018-2019. And 77% in 2022.

Every single time, the people who sold at the bottom lived to regret it. Those who held, or better yet bought the dip, made life-changing returns.

Saylor is betting this cycle will be no different. His company continues to raise debt and convert every spare dollar into Bitcoin. Wall Street analysts who once mocked him now quietly admit he may have been right all along.

The real question facing investors now is brutal in its simplicity.

When the world order actually does start breaking down in earnest, when countries retaliate against U.S. tariffs, when supply chains fracture and inflation roars back, when trust in institutions hits new lows… what asset will people run to?

Michael Saylor believes he already knows the answer.

And he just told the entire world, in plain English, exactly what he thinks everyone should do about it.