Where Money Goes To Die: The story of Michael Saylor, the birth of bitcoin & the odyssey to discover the meaning of money

Where Money Goes to Die unveils the electrifying saga of Michael Jerry Saylor, the MIT-trained 
technolibertarian who transformed a faltering software firm into the world’s boldest Bitcoin treasury, 
and Taylor Gonzales, a programmer swept into crypto’s anarchic rise. 
Jaegur Martin’s gripping narrative exposes the underbelly of ambition—where genius, greed, and 
questionable tactics collide. From Cold War-fueled MIT dreams to billion-dollar Bitcoin bets, Saylor 
emerges as visionary and gambler, bending rules and reality in his relentless pursuit of scale. This is no 
dry biography; it’s a psychological financial thriller, weaving dot-com delirium, crypto chaos, and the 
seductive pull of profit. 
Those who glorify control over human connection—haunt this tale, revealing how digital money masks 
old and familiar sins. Spanning Wall Street’s swagger to blockchain’s promise, this sharp, ironic portrait 
of audacity asks: where’s the line between genius and delusion? Of what profit is it to gain the whole 
world, but to forfeit your soul? 
For fans of Michael Lewis, Nick Bolton and Bethany McLean, this is narrative nonfiction at its finest—funny, 
critical, and deeply human. Regardless of whether you dare to follow Saylor’s gamble on Bitcoin, or find 
the whole business of cryptocurrencies absolutely absurd, you certainly cannot afford to ignore what is 
happening.