Chapter 938: Chapter 904: Bitcoin’s Hegemonic Trap

“What? Morgan has plans to act?”

“Thirty thousand US dollars per coin, however many you have, Tianxing will take them all.”

Lu Liang smiled knowingly, fully understanding Damon’s intentions, and decisively decided to advance by retreating, making a show of wanting to take over Bitcoin held by Morgan.

Bitcoin now, as the old saying goes, is already established; now let’s see how high it can reach and how far it can go.

Damon rolled his eyes and said irritably, “Lu Liang, are you taking me for a fool?”

The Federal Reserve’s plan to support Bitcoin is no longer concealed; now there are only organizations lamenting having too few coins, not too many.

Bitcoin in the future will not just be an asset, but a resource, a scarce resource with only 20,999,900 coins.

“Who’s taking whom for a fool?” Lu Liang coldly questioned.

This statement led to a brief silence in the conversation.

A few seconds later, Damon skipped the topic of Bitcoin: “By the way, how is the Tesla acquisition proceeding?”

“I asked Hilt to contact those stockholding institutions, but none of them have presented reasonable conditions, unknown to others it would seem like I’m compensating losses,” Lu Liang grumbled, as if nothing happened before.

Although they are now partners, the essence of their enemy relationship has not improved, but rather they both see each other as major future threats.

However, both sides need each other at present, and for their own interests, they tacitly maintain a relationship of fighting but not breaking.

Damon pondered for a moment and said, “I’ll think of a way, see if I can persuade a few to join our camp.”

He mentioned Su Shimin who made another visit to the island, probably because last time he was so angry that he fainted and still hasn’t fully recovered, needing some same origin blood packs to heal.

The capital dark line camp now has no leader, and all institutions are eyeing the throne, perhaps they have an opportunity to exploit.

“You step in? Won’t they guess your intentions?” Lu Liang was puzzled.

Damon smiled calmly: “Not everyone is qualified to be NO.1, more just want to progress further.”

“Then handle it, let me know if there’s good news.”

Ending the call, Lu Liang called Xu Jiawei in Tokyo, informing him about the US Treasury’s plan to impose a Bitcoin trading tax.

This wave of market is temporarily at its peak, it’s appropriate to reduce holdings slightly, earn several hundred million US dollars, and maintain normal company operations.

“Mr. Lu, is the holding red line still 1.7 million?” Xu Jiawei asked, not surprised that Lu Liang would know such insider information.

Bitcoin is a market highly controlled by Market Makers, Lu Liang being one of the major players, even if some people are unhappy, they will still inform him of key news to ensure he doesn’t cause disruption.

“Yes.” Lu Liang nodded, then asked: “How’s Miyuki’s performance?”

He hasn’t paid much attention to Neon news recently and doesn’t know how Sakurada Miyuki’s persona is established.

Xu Jiawei said: “President Sakurada is very popular on Neon’s internet, almost rivaling Saito Feiao.”

Having looks and money is attractive everywhere, and even some remaining feminist organizations have idolized Sakurada Miyuki.

Lu Liang couldn’t help but smile and thought for a moment: “Start a project to solidify her power, but don’t touch that feminist stuff.”

Neon’s feminism used to be very frenzied, but with economic decline, it has gradually waned, until today it’s nothing more than remnants of the old era.

Lu Liang wants to make Sakurada Miyuki a universal idol in Neon, not just an idol for specific groups.

Right now, there’s just an opportunity: the Toshiba Group, once seen as a symbol of technology by Neon, incurred a series of financial scandals and managerial errors in 2006, leading to continuous losses for four consecutive years starting from 2015.

Until now, it is on the brink of delisting, with a market value of only 13.5 billion US dollars, less than a fifth of its peak.

Ota Ling mentioned Mizuho Financial intends to acquire Toshiba, and Mitsui Sumitomo also has intentions, but their funds are not particularly abundant, possibly unable to compete with them, so they invited Xingheng to join.

Lu Liang plans to entrust this project to Sakurada Miyuki, letting her in the name of Starry Capital, collaborate with Standard Chartered and Mitsui Sumitomo, joining forces to acquire Toshiba.

As long as this project is completed smoothly, why worry about not being recognized worldwide, Sakurada Miyuki’s name will surely resonate throughout Neon.

Xu Jiawei was stunned and carefully asked: “Mr. Lu, isn’t President Sakurada only 22 years old, is she too young?”

“I know she’s still very young, but aren’t you, Ota Renjun, and Sato Tatsuya there?”

Lu Liang smiled and said: “Let her handle the public-facing tasks, you guys manage the cooperation tasks.”

He asked again, “Any issues?”

“Nope, no issues.” Xu Jiawei smiled wryly.

Looks like the three of them, not only accompany the Eldest Princess reading, but also help her with homework.

Ending the call with Xu Jiawei, Lu Liang contacted Zheng Xuanyi, informing him of the US Treasury’s plan to impose trading tax, letting him prepare a response on the Hyundai Group’s trading platform.

Lu Liang said: “You can suitably subsidize some funds, help users reduce tax rates, and enhance user stickiness.”

XOO (CoinAll) although it ranks top in active user numbers in the East Asian market, and is among the top five global cryptocurrency exchange platforms, its position is not stable.

CoinAll’s biggest competitor is SISW, originating from Korea, a trading platform supported by Samsung.

SISW was born in February last year, initially created by a large coin holder, but due to Lu Liang and Li Zairong’s failed talks, Hyundai and Samsung went to full-scale war.

Samsung in turn acquired SISW, promoting it relentlessly, adopting low price leverage and long-term no transaction fee promotions, forcefully snatching part of XOO’s users.