Episode 55: A Structural Shift

Episode 60: The Math of Amplification

Episode 60: The Math of Amplification In this week's Hurdle Rate, the crew breaks down the latest corporate Bitcoin market activity and Strive's growing Bitcoin holdings, before turning to Strategy's Bitcoin sale and what the balance sheet math actually reveals about risk and permanent impairment. We dig into historical bear market scenarios, how to manage amplification ratios, and the product management and demand dynamics shaping the treasury company landscape. We close with a deeper look at what digital credit actually is and why it matters for the road ahead. 00:00 - Welcome To The Hurdle Rate 00:50 - Corporate Bitcoin Market Activity 2:42 - Strive's Bitcoin Holdings Update 04:41 - Market Transparency And Liquidity 13:11 - Strategy Sells Bitcoin: Balance Sheet Analysis 18:01 - Risk And Permanent Impairment 19:59 - Historical Bear Market Scenarios 27:36 - Managing Amplification Ratios 40:15 - Product Management And Demand 45:32 - Defining Digital Credit

Episode 59: Scale Like Crazy

Episode 59: Scale Like Crazy  0:00 - Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate 1:08 - Jeff’s Podcast Circuit & Strategy Retires Debt 21:27 - Strive’s Big Week 32:42 - Strategy’s Retail Q&A 41:29 - Kevin Warsh is The New Fed Chair

Episode 58: Exponential Innovation

Episode 58: Exponential Innovation 0:00 - Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate 1:30 - Strive: The Daily Dividend Company 5:32 - Ringing The Opening Bell at Nasdaq 23:50 - How Strive Paid Off Its Debt 27:00 - How Big Is This Idea? 41:21 - The Infrastructure Behind The Scenes 47:00 - How Bitcoin Will Be Involved In Strive’s Future All episodes are posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR9Q6w9zyf_KS2ujrzhoLyA [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR9Q6w9zyf_KS2ujrzhoLyA] All episodes are hosted on https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/ [https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/]

Episode 57: The Answer Is Trillions

Episode 57: The Answer Is Trillions All episodes live here: https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/ [https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/]   0:00 - Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate 3:02 - MSTR Earnings Call Reaction 25:22 - Is Digital Credit Too Good to Be True? 42:16 - FDIC & Monetary Risk

Episode 56: The User Experience

Episode 56: The User Experience All episodes live here: https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/ [https://tnorth.com/shows/hurdle-rate/] 0:00 - Welcome Back to The Hurdle Rate 2:20 - Strategy Flips BlackRock 20:58 - Is The Tokenized Ecosystem Completely Useless? 30:13 - AI Tools & Revamping Portfolios 45:55 - Schwab Education