Most people think that billionaire Michael Saylor's publicly traded company MicroStrategy is a huge and risky bet on Bitcoin. But a closer look reveals that it is a masterpiece, a blueprint for manipulating traditional finance to harness the magic dust that fuels the cryptocurrency craze. The New Year's Eve at Villa Vecchia was a dazzling scene of orange and gold, straight out of Fitzgerald's most opulent fantasies. Over 500 people crowded the neatly trimmed lawn of the century-old mansion, w...

Most people think that billionaire Michael Saylor's publicly traded company MicroStrategy is a huge and risky bet on Bitcoin. But a closer look reveals that it is a masterpiece, a blueprint for manipulating traditional finance to harness the magic dust that fuels the cryptocurrency craze. The New Year's Eve at Villa Vecchia was a dazzling scene of orange and gold, straight out of Fitzgerald's most opulent fantasies. Over 500 people crowded the neatly trimmed lawn of the century-old mansion, w...