The Hurdle Rate Podcast

Episode 7 - Fully Torqued Bitcoin [00:00] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [00:20] Strategy (MSTR) earnings call recap [01:39] 42/42 Capital Raising Plan [11:43] Permanent Leverage without Refinancing Risk [12:19] Seniority & Volatility of Strategy’s BTC-Backed Securities [17:38] Using BTC Risk for Credit Analysis [23:29] Strategy Liabilities and Capital Structure [33:53] BTC Torque [40:39] Credit Comparison of Strategy products [45:14] Closing thoughts and looking ahead to Orlando

Episode 6 - Win or Win More [00:30] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [01:15] MSTR Earnings [29:19] 21 Capital’s Announcement [41:10] Next week’s Bitcoin for Corporations Conference and MSTR True North World [43:25] What’s taking so long with GameStop? [49:47] Ray Dalio - Is it too late?

Episode 5 - DXY vs. Store of Value Assets [00:30] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [01:26] DXY Breakdown [22:51] Gold vs Bitcoin as the Hurdle Rate [36:59] Interest rates and stagflation [48:00] Strategy, Metaplanet, and Bitcoin dominance

Episode 4 - Bitcoin Portfolio Theory [00:30] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [01:30] Catching up on economic news from the last week [24:15] Jeff’s Monte Carlo simulations [43:13] Matt and Strive’s engagement with Intuit [53:30] Strategy’s mNAV [01:03:41] Closing thoughts

Episode 3 - Negotiating with Penguins [00:30] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [01:20] Tariffs are based on deficits, right? [21:18] What position is the US workforce in to absorb these changes? [31:10] Universal Basic Income [39:40] Should we expect more volatility in the market? [43:05] How does all of this impact Bitcoin? [51:59] What is the path out of this?

Episode 2 - GME On! [00:30] Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate [00:54] GameStop and the current state of Bitcoin Treasury Adoption [26:00] Metaplanet’s big move [29:27] The Trump Family’s involvement in the Bitcoin Community [38:56] Liberation Day and tariffs [53:36] Is Bitcoin Risk-On or Risk-Off? [59:04] Closing thoughts

Episode 1 - Bitcoin is the Hurdle Rate [0:20] Welcome to The Hurdle Rate [01:17] Meet Matt Cole [03:12] Meet Ben Werkman [04:48] Meet Jeff Walton [06:29] What does Hurdle Rate mean in this current environment? [25:44] Is Bitcoin the Hurdle Rate? [01:07:03] Which AI tools are the guys using? [01:24:30] Tariff talk [01:36:47] What will happen with inflation?