Month: August 2026
Besent Looks to Japan
It’s just past 1pm in New York as I write this. $BRR up 10.2% Gold up 3.4% Bitcoin up 5.7% Silver up 3.4% 10-Year Treasury yield down 3bp (.03%) 30-Year Treasury yield down 7bp (.07%) That’s a lot of volatility in assets that typically aren’t very volatile. It’s also a lot of volatility for $BRR … Read more
ProCap Financial ($BRR) – Reader Mailbag
Monday’s writeup on $BRR has already yielded some excellent subscriber questions. Let’s address them: Phil asks: Was curious on how you view the convertible debt on their balance sheet. At $99MM it’s quite significant. There seems to be increased concern recently from other BTC companies about such debt and a concerted effort to remove … Read more
July CPI is 3.4%
CPI of 3.4% was in line with expectations and a small decrease vs last month’s 3.5%. The monthly change was 0.1% and as usual, was driven by shelter which accounted for two-thirds of the rise. Core CPI of 2.5% was also in line with estimates and slightly below last month’s 2.6%. The monthly change of … Read more
ProCap Financial ($BRR)
Introduction: I think about ProCap Financial as two businesses. The company owns 5,457 Bitcoin worth $354MM as of August 7th, 2026. There is also a startup AI-powered financial business called CFO Silvia. The total market capitalization (aggregate value) of the company is $238MM which means that you’re paying 67% of NAV if you buy the … Read more