Episode 42 – “Pref Analysis / Deep Dive”

True North Episode 42 – “Pref Analysis / Deep Dive”

01:40:49 | October 22, 2025

🧭 MSTR True North episode 42: The crew explores Bitcoin as corporate capital, synthetic yield, and how it’s driving innovation in the credit markets. From mNAV to macro risk models, this episode highlights the process of building a balance sheet in a market that is built in a choric climate.

🎛️ As of this recording, 10/22/25, Strategy’s (MSTR) performance:
Open: $293.02
Close: $280.81
Volume: 15,129,500 shares
mNAV: 1.29
Market Cap: $80.64B
U.S. Market Cap Ranking: 132
BTC: 640,418

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS & INSIGHTS:

• 00:00:00 – Cue the music: Intro, agenda and NFA
• 00:05:15 – Early market signal: Bitcoin undervaluation and upside
• 00:07:20 – Rate environment shift: Lower yields boost preferreds
• 00:09:48 – Regulatory barriers: Regulators globally blocking BTC treasuries
• 00:11:51 – Treasury structures: Treasuries taking advantage of premiums and complex warrants
• 00:13:23 – Balance sheet leverage: 102K BTC, $69B in assets
• 00:17:15 – Perpetual preferreds: Yield spreads and call dynamics
• 00:23:47 – Synthetic yield: Preferreds as digital labor
• 00:32:10 – BTC income engine: Arbitrage between growth and cost
• 00:37:19 – Physical vs digital labor: Lessons from real-world work with Tim Kotzman
• 00:42:04 – Backtest results: $1M BTC generates $5.5M income
• 00:55:11 – Lognormal model: Baseline for BTC risk modeling
• 00:57:01 – Jump & GARCH models: Simulating BTC shocks and volatility clusters
• 01:05:14 – Probabilistic outcomes: The path to a quadrillion dollar valuation
• 01:10:50 – New issuance strategy: Risk curves for preferreds
• 01:15:14 – Pension disruption thesis: Preferreds as value innovation
• 01:16:00 – Capital sourcing: Investor interest with conditions
• 01:23:21 – Store-of-value thesis: Bitcoin as capital
• 01:24:40 – Innovation advantage: Gunpowder, Bitcoin, and open systems
• 01:28:27 – Bitcoin credit blueprint: Bonds, insurance, and refinanced debt
• 01:31:31 – Digital treasury shift: Bitcoin adoption accelerating fast and the robotaxi moment
• 01:35:35 – Final thoughts: Solei’s wisdom on display, mispriced risk and importance of education

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