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Jeff Walton

👤 Speaker
893 total appearances

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

That, like, you could go sell that.

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

I could go sell that to insurance companies.

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

I could go sell that to pension funds.

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

Like, a rating agency would be able to wrap their head around it.

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

And, David, all of this has happened so far with the global banking standards providing zero credit for Bitcoin as capital on a balance sheet.

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

Right.

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

Zero.

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

The S&P 500 gave Strategy a B- issuer credit rating, and they valued the $60 billion of Bitcoin on their balance sheet at zero.

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

Greater than one.

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

Greater than one.

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

Alpha is created.

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

Yeah.

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

You've got these legacy.

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

That's probably the last legacy hurdle that if that changes, the scale of capital that's going to come into Bitcoin is absolutely astronomical.

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

Because right now, if a bank were to hold Bitcoin on their balance sheet, they would be punitive on their capital requirements for the bank.

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

So it doesn't make sense to hold.

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

Insurance companies, same thing.

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

They can't hold it.

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

Like they get zero ability to leverage against it.

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

So like, why would you hold it?