Navigating Bitcoin-Backed Debt Instruments

In this episode, Natalie Brunell chats with Dylan Leclair, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet.

What you’ll learn:

• Why Metaplanet transitioned away from hotels to a Bitcoin-first strategy  
• Tax advantages for Bitcoin equities based in Japan
• Why Metaplanet has been issuing strike warrants
• Metaplanet's 555 Million Plan
• How Michael Saylor is "fixing" the capital markets
• What are Strategy's $STRF, $STRK, and $STRD instruments?
• Why Dylan is bullish on $SMLR and other corporate Bitcoin treasuries

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