Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
There is no collateral call.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
You have no redemption right.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
You can't, it's not like you can go to the bank and say, give me the million dollars back tomorrow.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
In fact, you're not getting the money back ever, right?
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
It's an equity investment.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
If you wish to sell the instrument, you can sell it into the market, but you're selling it to other investors.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
And so the magic of this structure is you're creating a perpetual swap between
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
That's got stochastically, if you were to actually do the statistical modeling, it's more like a 20 year duration instrument.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
So like the issuer has the money for about 20 years, right?
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
Not, if you were to borrow money from a crypto exchange, you have the money for 20 minutes.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
And if you were to borrow the money in a conventional margin loan, you have the money for 20 hours to two or three days.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
But so, I mean, Bitcoin could fall 95%.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
It doesn't create any, there is no liquidation.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
It's not a credit instrument or a debt instrument in that way.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
It doesn't come due in five years.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
It doesn't come due ever, right?
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
And so this is the ideal kind of credit instrument for a volatile environment because the way it works for the company is the company is paying a dividend to stabilize it.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
But in the event that the credit of the company improves, if there's too much demand, the company can reduce the dividend rate in order to decrease the demand.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
And if SOFR falls, if SOFR falls to 50 basis points, the company's obligation is to pay you 50 basis points.
Bankless
"Fix the Money, Fix the World" โ Michael Saylor's Master Plan (plus questions on Quantum and Ethereum)
I mean, that's... And what happens if the company can't pay that?