CoinDesk Podcast Network - BITCOIN SEASON 2: The Great Bitcoin Treasury Bubble

Bitcoin treasury strategies are all the rage, but are they actually sustainable?


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Welcome back to Bitcoin Season 2! Today, Colin and Charlie talk about the explosive growth of Bitcoin treasury companies and their financial engineering strategies. They break down Strategy's convertible debt playbook, examine why these companies trade at premiums to their Bitcoin holdings, and debate whether this trend is sustainable or an elaborate house of cards waiting to collapse.


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**Notes:**

• MicroStrategy holds 592,100 Bitcoin

• Q1 2025 revenue: $111 million 

• Convertible notes have 0-1% interest rates

• Bitcoin needs to drop way low for liquidation

• Preferred shares pay 8-10% dividends

• Annual obligations: $10-20 billion


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:59 Strategy (formerly micro)

10:42 Types of companies

15:13 Preferred stock

24:57 Closed end fund dynamics


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Nuclear Energy – Clean Solution or Too Risky?

Nuclear power: is it the future of clean energy—or a disaster waiting to happen?

With new efforts to roll back regulations and build more plants, nuclear power is back in the spotlight. Some say it’s the best shot we’ve got at cutting carbon emissions. Others warn the risks are just too big—from meltdowns and waste to security threats.

Today, we’re breaking down both sides of the debate—what nuclear power can offer, what makes people nervous, and where things may be headed next.

 

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CBS News Roundup - 06/21/2025 | Weekend Roundup

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Allison Keyes gets the latest on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran from CBS News White House Correspondent Linda Kenyon.  We'll hear from CBS's Jan Crawford about the Supreme Court's decision allowing Tennessee to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, and what it means for LGBTQ rights. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about Juneteenth in a deeply divided nation.

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Slate Books - Alison Bechdel Explains Selling Out the Progressive Way

David Plotz talks with author Alison Bechdel about her new book, Spent. They discuss what’s memoir and what’s less than memoir in the comic novel, David’s own contribution to the book, and more.

 

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Many Compromises of Elena Kagan

The Justices seem intent on packing their summer vacation bags and getting on their way. 

Earlier in the week, the court’s conservative supermajority upheld a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids. The logic behind the decision was…lacking (Slate Plus members can hear about this right now). In this episode, Dahlia Lithwick talks to Chase Strangio, the lawyer for the Tennessee plaintiffs, about where we go from here.

Meanwhile, don’t miss the significance of Friday’s batch of rulings: co-host Mark Joseph Stern joins Dahlia to talk about the implications in cases seemingly about vaping and faxes and gas stations, but with much bigger implications. He also breaks down why Elena Kagan keeps joining the conservatives, and whether it foreshadows something bigger headed our way (light-at-end-of-tunnel-or-oncoming-train-dot-gif). 

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - How to spot a suspicious statistic

Untruths sneak into our lives in all kinds of ways. Sometimes they’re outright lies. Blatant misinformation.

But in this episode, we’re going to talk about something else - those sneaky numbers and claims that bounce around our society and that aren’t exactly false, but are leading you down the wrong path.

That’s the subject of a book called May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School.

Tim talks to Alex about the statistical claims that might not be wrong, but aren’t right either – and how to make sure you aren’t fooled by them yourself.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Andrew Garratt Editor: Richard Vadon

It Could Happen Here - Anti-Vax America: The Complete Series

This special edition of ICHH Weekly compiles the complete Anti-Vax America series by guest host Steven Monacelli.

- Viral Texas

- Anti-Vax Genealogy

- God's Will

- Soft Eugenics

- Could It Happen Here?

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