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Zhang Xue Arrived 20 Years Early. How Early Did Saylor and Tom Lee Arrive?

Zhang Xue arrived 20 years early. How early did Saylor and Tom Lee arrive? The article draws a parallel between Zhang Xue, founder of Zhang Xue Motorcycles, and crypto investors Michael Saylor and Tom Lee. Despite having only a middle school education, Zhang built a motorcycle company that, while still unprofitable, recently defeated established giants like Ducati in the World Superbike Championship, selling high-performance bikes at half the price of competitors. Similarly, Saylor’s MicroStrategy continues to accumulate Bitcoin at a loss, now holding 738,000 BTC. Tom Lee’s BitMine is also aggressively buying Ethereum, holding 4.4 million ETH despite significant paper losses. The core similarity is their strategy: accumulating valuable assets at a cost, perceived as madness by others, in anticipation of future validation. For Zhang, proof came swiftly on the racetrack within two years. For Saylor and Lee, the ultimate validation of their crypto bets is still pending, awaiting the test of time. The piece concludes that most contrarian bets fail, but a rare few succeed because they were simply early. The question remains: how early are Saylor and Lee?

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