SAYLOR’S ESSAY CALLS DIGITAL ASSETS A $100 TRILLION INDUSTRY — THE SAME FIGURE HE PITCHED AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN MARCH 2025 — HE WANTS A TAX EXEMPTION FOR EVERYDAY PAYMENTS — THE HOUSE BILL THAT CLEARED COMMITTEE 38-5 EXEMPTS $10 OF FEES

Michael Saylor's September 26 essay says digital assets could grow into a $100 trillion industry if the rules let millions of people and companies build with them, Bitcoin.com reported on September 29, 2026. The number is not new. Saylor told the White House crypto summit on March 7, 2025 that the U.S. could unlock "up to $100 trillion" in economic value over a decade.

The new part is the tax ask. According to Bitcoin.com, Saylor wants an exemption for ordinary digital asset payments, large enough for everyday purchases and indexed to inflation. The coverage gives no dollar figure. Under current rules the IRS treats bitcoin as property, so spending it counts as a sale, and a sale can owe tax.

Congress does have a bill moving, and it is much smaller. The Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act, H.R. 10357, cleared the House Ways and Means Committee 38 to 5 on September 16. Its exemption covers network and transaction fees of $10 or less, not purchases, and applies to sales after December 31, 2027. The introduced text has no inflation adjustment.

That last part is the one that bites. The government's own auditors found the $10,000 cash reporting line, set in 1972, would have been about $72,880 in 2023 if it had kept up with prices. A line that never moves gets smaller every year. Money you cannot spend without a tax form is still an asset you trade, not money you use. At the time of this writing, bitcoin was $83,337.