Bitcoin’s $300T Credit Market Opportunity | Jeff Walton

Bitcoin may be outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. David sits down with Strive Chief Risk Officer Jeff Walton to unpack how Bitcoin-backed credit products like SATA and Strategy’s STRETCH could turn BTC into digital capital, why Jeff says the “Ponzi” framing misunderstands the balance sheet, how 13% yield and daily dividends could disrupt credit markets, and why this new financial layer may expand Bitcoin’s TAM far beyond gold.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:59 Stretch, Risk, and Balance Sheets

5:28 Dividend Backstop Debate

8:53 Measuring Bitcoin Downside

15:25 Success as Long-Tail Risk

19:17 Common Equity as Revenue

25:57 Digital Credit’s Massive Market

29:37 Credit, Liquidity, and Yield

33:02 Banks, Trust, and Inflation

36:08 Trust Networks Rebuilt

40:26 Digital Labor and Yield

44:38 Bitcoin’s Growing Capital Base

48:36 S-Curve and Market Size

52:36 Building on Bitcoin Instruments

55:58 Transforming the Asset

59:12 Co-opetition in Bitcoin Credit

1:03:23 Low Vol for Long Holders

1:09:13 Strive Versus Strategy

1:12:38 Scaling Faster Than Strategy

1:14:38 Jeff’s Bitcoin Origin Story

1:17:30 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Jeff Walton

https://x.com/PunterJeff

True North Show

https://www.youtube.com/@BTCTrueNorth

Jeff’s Coffeezilla Interview

https://youtu.be/pvZnpppwkoM?si=lXcF6r02yzmYE9jt

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