{"id":13000,"date":"2026-01-29T06:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/exclusive-michael-saylor-pioneered-crypto-treasury-firms-but-this-ethereum-centric-company-ceo-says-their-model-unlocks-more-potential-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:41:30","slug":"exclusive-michael-saylor-pioneered-crypto-treasury-firms-but-this-ethereum-centric-company-ceo-says-their-model-unlocks-more-potential-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/exclusive-michael-saylor-pioneered-crypto-treasury-firms-but-this-ethereum-centric-company-ceo-says-their-model-unlocks-more-potential-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Michael Saylor Pioneered Crypto Treasury Firms, But This Ethereum-Centric Company CEO Says Their Model Unlocks More Potential: Here’s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharplink Gaming Inc. <\/strong>(NASDAQ:SBET) CEO Joseph Chalom<\/strong> recognized Michael Saylor\u2019s <\/strong>role in setting benchmarks for publicly-listed cryptocurrency treasury companies.<\/p>\n
Chalom, who is spearheading Sharplink\u2019s Ethereum <\/strong>(CRYPTO: ETH)-centric operations, credits Saylor for demonstrating that a digital asset treasury firm can be \u201cdurable over multiple years.\u201d<\/p>\n
The top executive said that Saylor, at the helm of the world\u2019s biggest Bitcoin treasury company, Strategy Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:MSTR), showed how capital markets can be utilized to amplify exposure when you have \u201ccredibility and liquidity.\u201d<\/p>\n
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However, in the same breath, Chalom added that the approach taken by Sharplink is markedly different.<\/p>\n
\u201cEthereum is a generational opportunity, and differs greatly from Bitcoin because it is a natively productive, programmable asset,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Chalom argued that Ethereum\u2019s \u201cprogrammable nature\u201d unlocks huge technological opportunities that are not possible with treasuries centered on other assets.<\/p>\n
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Notably, Sharplink moved\u00a0$170 million worth of ETH\u00a0into yield\u2011generating strategies, including staking and restaking, on\u00a0Linea<\/strong>, an Ethereum-based Layer 1 network. This forms part of their broader plan to allocate corporate treasury assets to decentralized finance and generate income, rather than keeping them idle on the balance sheet.<\/p>\n
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