Ep.12: Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich – The Future of Capital is Here

May 19, 2025

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Simon Gerovich (https://x.com/gerovich) is the President and Board Rep Director of the top company in the world right now in stock performance, Metaplanet ($MTPLF). After adopting a bitcoin treasury strategy following the footsteps of Michael Saylor's Strategy formerly Microstrategy ($MSTR). Metaplanet shot up to the top of the Japanese stock market and the globe in 2024 and maintains that top ranking today. Simon drops by the studio to talk shop on how he got here, valuation metrics on this new category of company, the ins and outs of accretive dilution, the evolving nature of this capital strategy and how markets are reacting. If you were curious about what all the hubbub is around bitcoin treasury companies recently and the seismic moves throttling markets lately, this is the episode to watch.

00:00 Teaser 01:00 Title Sequence 01:15 Introduction 02:23 Simon Gerovich 04:21 Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Strategy and Saylor’s MSTR Playbook 07:11 The Categoric Bitcoin Treasury Wave in the Market 08:25 The Market and Tax Structure in Japan 10:27 What is mNAV 12:37 BTC Yield, Accretive Dilution 14:02 The Power of the High Multiple in Accretive Dilution 18:00 Months to mNAV Coverage 20:35 Capturing Aggression of Bitcoin Accumulation 21:47 Capital Strategies in Metaplanet’s Future 24:27 Attracting Different Types of Investors 27:22 Leading the Bitcoin Treasury Movement 31:00 Competition in the Bitcoin Treasury Company World 34:03 Institutional Investor Involvement 37:03 Retail Projections: Bitcoin ETF, Tax-Free Investment Schemes 38:34 Allocation of Capital

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