98: Joe Burnett ON: The Playbook for Running a Corporate Bitcoin Treasury

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Joe Burnett discusses the implications of operating on a Bitcoin standard for corporate treasuries.

👉 Engage top talent and empower your team with Bitcoin saving: https://blockrewards.ca What if the smartest move your company could make right now isn’t launching a new product, but changing what sits on your balance sheet? In this episode, I’m joined by Joe Burnett, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Semler Scientific , the second American public company to adopt a Bitcoin standard. We get into what it actually means to operate on a Bitcoin standard, how corporate treasury strategies for Bitcoin are emerging, and why adoption has moved from individuals to companies. Joe shares what his role involves day to day, how public and private companies think differently about Bitcoin, and the specific factors a small business owner might weigh before starting their own Bitcoin treasury. You’ll Learn : The difference between a company simply holding Bitcoin and operating on a true Bitcoin standard Why Bitcoin’s monetary properties make it a contender for the “best form of money” ever discovered How metrics like BTC yield and market-to-net-asset-value (MNav) shape corporate Bitcoin strategy The role “intelligent leverage” plays in amplifying Bitcoin returns for public companies Why Bitcoin…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Dedels

Guest: Joe Burnett

Topics covered

• Bitcoin treasury
• corporate strategy
• financial management
• business adoption
• monetary properties

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• corporate treasury
• financial strategy
• Semler Scientific
• business adoption
• monetary properties
• BTC yield

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Organizations: Semler Scientific, Bitcoin, Block Rewards

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