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Tony Yazbeck is a cybersecurity veteran and co-founder of The Bitcoin Way, dedicated to helping individuals achieve total financial sovereignty.
› https://www.thebitcoinway.com
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The Awakening: Financial Betrayal
02:58 - Bitcoin as Rebellion Against the Legacy System
04:32 - The Fiat Red Pill Moment
07:24 - Why Change Is Hard
10:27 - Bitcoin in a Failing System
13:24 - Education and Conviction
16:16 - Leading by Example
21:44 - The Illusion of Control and Ownership
31:23 - The Journey to Sovereignty
36:41 - Bitcoin as Money
46:25 - The Two-Tiered Bitcoin World
52:42 - The Structural Flaws of Fiat
53:18 - Lessons from Lebanon’s Collapse
ℹ️ EPISODE SUMMARY
Bram Kanstein and Tony Yazbeck discuss Bitcoin as defiance, not a tech stock. Tony confronts fiat money as surveillance, debasement, and a tax machine that breaks purchasing power. They reveal why ETFs, Bitcoin treasuries, and borrowing against Bitcoin can rewire Bitcoin into counterparty risk. The conversation ties sovereignty to self-custody, the 21 million hard cap, and living on a Bitcoin standard. It also warns what a Lebanon-style collapse could look like in the West.
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