Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy

Michael Saylor, the co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy — the company known as the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin — published an essay arguing that the economy entering an era of digital assets and artificial intelligence needs a 'bill of digital rights' instead of more restrictions. He framed these rights as necessary to preserve and expand the utility of digital assets and to support the creation of new businesses as technological disruption accelerates. Saylor warned that protecting legacy business models at the expense of their successors leaves the economy ill-prepared for technological change.

Saylor outlined five specific freedoms he believes should form the core of this framework: the freedom to create new digital assets; the freedom to issue them to raise financing; the right to hold assets or choose a custodian; the right to transfer assets among people, companies, wallets and service providers; and the right to use assets to spend, invest, earn income and borrow against. He said these rights should apply equally to individuals and companies, arguing that an asset’s economic potential depends on what its owner can do with it.

The essay links these legal and market rights to broader economic goals, saying that as AI automates jobs and renders some products obsolete, future prosperity will hinge on the ability to create new firms and opportunities more rapidly. Saylor stated an ambition to enable 10 million new companies to raise capital, and urged that where laws impede digital-dollar competition or rapid value movement, those laws should be changed so banks, fintechs and technology platforms can offer digital dollars through familiar devices and apps.

Cointelegraph noted the commentary alongside recent market activity by Strategy: the company had resumed Bitcoin purchases after a two-week pause, acquiring 950 BTC for $75.7 million at an average price of $79,670 per coin, bringing its total holdings to about 846,000 BTC bought for roughly $63.8 billion at an average cost of $75,416 per coin. Bitcoin was reported trading around $84,523 at the time of publication.