{"id":24907,"date":"2026-04-02T16:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/anthony-scaramucci-backs-saylors-11-5-bitcoin-yield-while-teasing-mooch-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:01:30","slug":"anthony-scaramucci-backs-saylors-11-5-bitcoin-yield-while-teasing-mooch-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/anthony-scaramucci-backs-saylors-11-5-bitcoin-yield-while-teasing-mooch-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Scaramucci backs Saylor\u2019s 11.5% Bitcoin yield while teasing \u2018Mooch 2028\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Anthony Scaramucci is openly backing Michael Saylor\u2019s high\u2011yield Bitcoin strategy at the same time he jolts markets with a tongue\u2011in\u2011cheek X video announcing a 2028 presidential run, sharpening the line between his crypto advocacy and broader economic message.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_39d384eb6a00f30c2ace743a3ecdf95b\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scaramucci calls himself a \u201cbig fan\u201d of Michael Saylor while dissecting Strategy Inc.\u2019s roughly 11.5% perpetual yield tied to Bitcoin, warning that leverage and drawdowns remain real risks.<\/li>\n<li>In a previous crypto.news story, he linked that same wealth\u2011gap narrative to stalled CLARITY legislation in Washington and his long\u2011term Bitcoin thesis.<\/li>\n<li>His April 1 \u201cMooch 2028\u201d video on X, framed as an April Fools\u2019 gag, doubles as a campaign\u2011style address on inequality, debt and digital assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>In a recent episode of the All Things Markets podcast, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci and Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz pulled apart Strategy Inc.\u2019s (NASDAQ: MSTR) use of high\u2011yield perpetual securities, which Scaramucci said can deliver \u201cfour quarterly dividend payments equivalent to a yield of approximately 11.5%\u201d for Bitcoin believers. He was explicit about his own position: \u201cI\u2019m a big fan of Saylor, and obviously SkyBridge owns a lot of Bitcoin. We don\u2019t hold any of those assets, but I just wanted to disclose that to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After years of telling everybody else how to run the country and months of deliberation, I have a special announcement:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m running for President of the United States in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>I am aware of what happened the last time I worked in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>But I do believe I can help\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O2wPkq4Ob8\">pic.twitter.com\/O2wPkq4Ob8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scaramucci\/status\/2039399069026594824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saylor\u2019s 11.5% Bitcoin\u2011backed yield under scrutiny<\/h2>\n<p>Novogratz stressed the structure\u2019s dependence on leverage: \u201cIt\u2019s leverage on the strategy,\u201d he said, arguing Saylor currently enjoys a \u201cbig margin of safety\u201d because of his large Bitcoin corpus but that a sharp drop in BTC would \u201cinevitably\u201d eat into that cushion. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.benzinga.com\/crypto\/anthony-scaramucci-declare-quil-est-un-grand-fan-de-michael-saylor-et-analyse-la-strategie-de-rendement-de-11-de-mstr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">warned<\/a> that if Bitcoin crashed to around $30,000, perpetual investors \u201cnaturally\u201d fear losing principal, because they \u201cdon\u2019t have the right to get their money back\u201d and Saylor can theoretically halt dividends, which would likely push the instrument to a steep discount.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"from-mooch-2028-to-clarity-gridlock\">From \u201cMooch 2028\u201d to CLARITY gridlock<\/h1>\n<p>That nuanced pitch to yield\u2011hungry Bitcoin holders landed just hours before Scaramucci\u2019s latest viral video on X, where he stood in his office wearing a \u201cMooch 2028\u201d cap and declared, \u201cI\u2019m running for President of the United States in 2028\u2026 Join me and help me heal America.\u201d The clip, posted on April Fools\u2019 Day, was quickly framed by outlets like Benzinga and Breitbart as a prank, but it reads like a test balloon: he references his ill\u2011fated 11\u2011day stint in Donald Trump\u2019s first White House and insists, \u201cI do believe I can help guide this country in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate BeInCrypto interview covered by BloomingBit, Scaramucci said that passing the CLARITY Act, Washington\u2019s flagship crypto market\u2011structure bill, is \u201cnot an easy situation,\u201d adding that \u201cin the current political environment, securing 60 votes in the Senate is almost impossible.\u201d Earlier comments to Coinness underscored how partisan rancor over Trump\u2019s launch of a memecoin, which he said earned between $600 million and $700 million, has further poisoned the well for bipartisan crypto rules.<\/p>\n<p>Price\u2011wise, Scaramucci has hardly turned cautious: in February he told Benzinga that Bitcoin \u201cdoesn\u2019t reward being early, but being patient,\u201d even as BTC traded near $70,981, down about 7.2% on the day, and more recently has floated scenarios of $2 million to $3 million per coin over the next decade. For a would\u2011be \u201cMooch 2028\u201d candidate, the message is clear enough \u2014 leverage can juice returns, but the real bet is that Bitcoin outlasts U.S. political dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Scaramucci is openly backing Michael Saylor\u2019s high\u2011yield Bitcoin strategy at the same time he jolts markets with a tongue\u2011in\u2011cheek X video announcing a 2028 presidential run, sharpening the line&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24908,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24907\/revisions\/24908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}