Michael Saylor Wants Bitcoin Inside Banks and a $100 Trillion Digital Asset Industry

FUNDING ROUNDMichael Saylor Wants BitcoinInside Banks and a $100Trillion Digital Asset Industry34IMPORTANCECLOSED2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESSep 26, 2026 21:33blockboard.net

Michael Saylor set out a policy view this week that puts Bitcoin inside US banks, with banks holding it for customers and lending against it. He also described a future in which digital assets reach a $100 trillion industry, and separately called for a “bill of digital rights” in a broader push around digital finance.

What this rests on

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This week, Michael Saylor said US banks should be able to hold Bitcoin for customers and make loans against it.
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In the same policy post, he said digital assets could become a $100 trillion industry.
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Saylor also called for a “bill of digital rights.”
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He framed his view as part of a wider picture that also includes AI-powered finance.

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

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People who use banks for Bitcoin custody or lending would notice this as a proposal to bring those services into the banking system. If adopted, the service model he described would put Bitcoin holdings and loans against them in a bank setting rather than outside it.

In practice, the idea changes the menu of services he wants banks to offer, because it explicitly includes custody and lending tied to Bitcoin. What does not change from the text is that this is still a policy vision; no bank is named as already offering it here.

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