Episode notes
Marty and John Arnold dig into Anthropic's S-1 numbers, Meta's first negative free cash flow quarter in over a decade, and why Treasury Secretary Bessent is invoking Lincoln's National Currency Act of 1863 to sell stablecoins.
In this episode:
- Anthropic's S-1, revenue per dollar of compute, and Fortune 500 penetration
- Meta's CapEx surge, negative free cash flow, and $95B equity raise plan
- Why GPU rental prices keep rising while bears call the bubble
- Gulf oil and LNG flows back above pre-war levels
- The Qatar LNG deal, Henry Hub, and a possible Russia Ukraine peace deal
- Reshoring, China export controls, and a bifurcating world
- The 1863 National Currency Act, the GENIUS Act, and T-bill backed digital dollars
- Gold convertibility in 1879 and what it means for gold and the Bitcoin reserve
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - First take on Anthropic's S-1
00:01:54 - Revenue per dollar of compute
00:02:36 - Net dollar retention and Fortune 500 penetration
00:04:05 - The new slides
00:05:02 - Meta financials and CapEx
00:06:43 - Meta's equity raise and new share class
00:07:24 - Muse launch and the stock selloff
00:08:38 - Operating cash flow versus CapEx
00:10:17 - Muse user growth versus ChatGPT
00:12:04 - GPU rental prices keep rising
00:16:35 - Gulf oil volumes above pre-war levels
00:18:48 - US LNG deal with Qatar
00:19:30 - Russia Ukraine peace talks and Nord Stream
00:21:40 - Bifurcation and the reshoring push
00:24:20 - Terafab, drug supply chains, and China export controls
00:26:22 - The 1863 parallel
00:27:51 - OCC finalizes GENIUS Act rules
00:29:58 - National bank notes versus stablecoins
00:32:12 - Sizing the digital dollar opportunity
00:34:37 - Inflation and the Fed's role
00:38:20 - The Resumption Act and gold convertibility
00:40:49 - Gold reserves and the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
00:44:28 - MAGA slop or real strategy
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