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Jeff Walton

👤 Speaker
893 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We understand the

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

the seriousness of this instrument.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We understand the scale.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We understand what this can become.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

And that is paramount in how we're thinking about our balance sheet and how we're delivering this product to the market.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

So, I mean, we've publicly stated before strategy did that we would be willing to sell Bitcoin in order to pay the dividends.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

And I think it's helpful to think about the capital structure, right?

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

So we've got

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We've got significant Bitcoin reserves held on our balance sheet.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

I think as of today, something like 18 years.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We just announced a new Bitcoin purchase right now.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

As of today, we've got 15,390 Bitcoin.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

On our balance sheet, we have $524 million of notional perpetual preferred outstanding.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

Okay.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

So our annual interest obligation is $68 million.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

Okay.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

Okay, we have 12 months of cash and six months of STRC to pay the dividends already on our balance sheet.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

So that's like, you could think of it as like first line of defense before the Bitcoin comes into play.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

And we're constantly in the process of raising additional capital, whether that be on equity, whether that be on perpetual preferred equity and understanding our balance sheet.

Bankless
Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

We're monitoring our balance sheet every single day.