Michael Saylor, known for leading MicroStrategy to hold over 252,000 BTC (worth $17.7 billion as of mid-2025), is advising Pakistan’s Crypto Council, marking a shift from corporate to national crypto strategy, inspired by the U.S.’s own Bitcoin reserve discussions at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference.
Pakistan’s move to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve, announced by Crypto Council CEO Bilal Bin Saqib, follows a 2024 Chainalysis report showing South Asia’s rising crypto adoption (e.g., India ranked 2nd globally), leveraging its young, tech-savvy population to potentially outpace Western regulatory debates.
The involvement of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao alongside Saylor suggests a global crypto power play, with Pakistan’s new Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority aligning with FATF standards, challenging the narrative that developing nations lag in financial innovation.
