Saylor

Today in legally-distinct depictions of pop culture figures, indie shooter RoboSquad Revolution has introduced a new character called Saylor Twist to its game, who may or may not resemble a certain incredibly popular Grammy-winning, world-touring American pop star.Miss Twist joins the cast of RoboSquad wearing her partner Trevon Celcius's number 87 jersey, along with a white beanie, and various robot parts to match the game's themeing. RoboSquad developer Zorans Resistance hasn't said whether Celcius…

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine accused MicroStrategy co-founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor of evading $25 million in district taxes in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.The lawsuit also names MicroStrategy as a defendant. Racine alleges the company conspired to help Saylor evade the taxes. The AG's office said it's seeking to recover a total sum of over $100 million in unpaid taxes and penalties.Shares of MicroStrategy were down more than 6% Wednesday afternoon on the news. Saylor, who oversaw the…

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, mocked Elon Musk with the tweet “we would prefer that you buy some more Bitcoin”. On Elon Musk’s joking tweet in which he claimed to have bought the Manchester United team, Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, also chimed in with “we would prefer that you buy some more Bitcoin”. Yesterday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, tweeted jokingly about wanting to buy Manchester United, only to deny it 4 hours later. Also, intervening was Michael Saylor, the…

Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor is stepping down as the CEO of the software company he co-founded, MicroStrategy, and will instead take on the role of executive chairman. Saylor’s belief in Bitcoin has turned the company into a holding vehicle for the cryptocurrency. The news came as the company reported its second-quarter earnings. It noted a loss of $1.062 billion, mostly due to an impairment charge of $917 million based on the value of its Bitcoin holdings, which have plunged since the price peaked in November last…

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Michael Saylor, whose company MicroStrategy holds bitcoin now worth ~$2.7B, says bitcoin “is still at an early stage in its development and poorly understood” — Software entrepreneur has remained calm even as crypto markets crashed — What do you do when you head the public company … Richard Waters / Financial Times: Michael Saylor, whose company MicroStrategy holds bitcoin now worth ~$2.7B, says bitcoin “is still at an…

Some of the biggest names in bitcoin — including Jack Dorsey, Tom Lee, and Michael Saylor — have banded together to refute claims made by House Democrats calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the environmental effects of crypto mining.Bitcoin operates on a proof-of-work (PoW) mining model, meaning that miners around the world run high-powered computers to simultaneously create new bitcoin and validate transactions. Proof-of-work mining, which requires sophisticated gear and a whole lot of…