Think Bitcoin leads to financial freedom? Think again.

The narrative on Bitcoin as the go-to anti-establishment cryptocurrency has shifted, and the question that needs to be asked is: why? This week on the Collapse Life podcast, financial analyst Matthew Piepenburg, partner at Von Greyerz/Gold Switzerland, takes a deep dive into how Bitcoin, once the darling of maverick anti-establishment types for its anonymity, is now being embraced by governments and institutional giants like BlackRock. What does this mean for its future — and for ours?

Taking a 30,000-foot macro view, Piepenburg connects disparate dots with startling evidence to create a compelling argument: Bitcoin was never what it was originally promoted to be. In fact, he argues, it is likely to have been a controlled intelligence asset right from the start, designed to usher in a financial system that’s even more centralized than what we have today.

Key topics discussed:
• How Bitcoin went from a rebellion against fiat to being embraced by Wall Street and governments
• Why Bitcoin has been used to divert attention from the real monetary hedge – gold and other precious metals
• Historical parallels between the petrodollar system and Bitcoin’s role in US debt strategy
• Whether Bitcoin is a Trojan Horse that sets the stage for central bank digital currencies
• How infrastructure for digital financial control was built long before Bitcoin emerged as the brainchild of a mystery figure, Satoshi Nakamoto
• The possibility that Bitcoin’s rise and eventual collapse might very well be part of a larger financial reset on the grounds of safety and security of the financial system

Piepenburg’s thoughtful and detailed conversation with Collapse Life host, Zahra Sethna, is remarkable for its depth and sincerity; Piepenburg implores his audience to question, re-evaluate, analyse and play devil’s advocate, regardless of their position on gold, Bitcoin, or anything else. It’s the least we can do, he says, considering the intellectual holocaust we’ve lived through since COVID changed the world.

Books mentioned:

Rigged to Fail: Blunt-Spoken Investment Solutions for Unsuspecting Investors: https://amzn.to/40RA3XW
The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve: https://amzn.to/4gGAkmj
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: https://amzn.to/4ihkMqD
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: https://amzn.to/41eZzYp

Relevant links:

Von Greyerz: https://vongreyerz.gold/

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