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BITCOIN: A TROJAN HORSE FOR FREEDOM w/ Alex Gladstein

By Danny Knowles

Aired Apr 24, 2025 · 1h 35m · Last boosted May 6, 2025

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Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author of Check Your Financial Privilege, Hidden Repression and The Trojan Horse of Freedom. In this episode, we discuss whether Bitcoin’s adoption by governments and Wall Street threatens its original mission, the Trojan Horse theory of Bitcoin and why nation-state adoption may be essential to separating money from state. We also get into the IMF’s decades-long role in global debt traps, the potential endgame of Bitcoin as a global reserve and debate quantum threats to Bitcoin. FOLLOW: Danny Knowles: https://x.co...

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    Great episode to share with friends! Good job Danny!
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    What a wonderful episode! @npub16le69k9hw…, you are doing such an amazing job with continuing the podcast! One of the best episodes this year so far! Thank you @npub1trr5r2nrp… for bringing more and more freedom focused topics to the Bitcoin world! Always fascinating to listen! Since I was a freedom lover already before I found Bitcoin it always feels great to hear people like you to talk about freedom around the world.
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