Short-seller Jim Chanos sends a hard-nosed response to bullies

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While X is bombarded with Elon Musk and Trump's debacle, another debate is warming up. On July 8, a discussion broke out on X after well-known investor James Chanos expressed doubts toward the logic of Strategy's (previously known as MicroStrategy) Bitcoin strategy.

Chanos heavily criticized Bitcoin maximalists taking out loans against their holdings to buy more Bitcoin. Chanos replied, "Isn't that your highest ROIC? — referring to Strategy (MSTR), whose chairman, Michael Saylor, has taken on a significant amount of debt to purchase Bitcoin.

The Bitcoin Therapist, a crypto KOL, taunted traditional finance (tradfi) individuals as "geriatric boomers" and claimed they know nothing about Bitcoin. Chanos fought back, saying, "This geriatric tradfi boomer is actually long Bitcoin."

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This, in turn, led to more ripostes from Bitcoin advocates, such as Pierre Rochard, who pointed out that Chanos was borrowing against his Bitcoin to short MSTR.

After correctly predicting the collapse and bankruptcy of Enron back in 2001, Jim Chanos gained prominence as a short seller.

In the argument online, Chanos pointed out that he was uncomfortable with Strategy's decision to shift away from solely accumulating Bitcoin to taking out debt to buy more Bitcoin.

Saylor's new strategy is to use Bitcoin-backed leverage to acquire other companies, which somewhat diverges from the Bitcoin-only treasury idea. "Seems to be at odds with the narrative, no?" Chanos asked.

Regrettably, Chanos' statement was not the final one. Other X users jumped into the conversation. Some stated that many companies are trading below their cash value, implying an arbitrage opportunity to free capital trapped in the firm and reinvest it in Bitcoin.

The thread shows a growing divide between Bitcoin purists and companies that are evolving their corporate strategies to incorporate Bitcoin investments with more conventional financial strategies. 

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