EP50 - Alex Gladstein Explains Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom

The Jay Gould Show

Alex Gladstein shares the inspiration for his recent book, “Check Your Financial Privilege”, and he explains why Bitcoin matters for freedom.
ABOUT ALEX GLADSTEIN:
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation.
Alex’s writings on human rights and technology have appeared in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, NPR, TIME, The Washington Post, WIRED, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and more. He has spoken at universities from MIT to Stanford, and he has briefed The European Parliament and the US State Department, and serves as faculty at Singularity University and is an advisor to Blockchain Capital, a leading venture firm in the fintech industry.,
WHERE TO FIND ALEX GLADSTEIN:
→ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein/
→ Alex's Book: http://www.CYFP.org
→ https://hrf.org/
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→ http://www.withum.com/crypto
SHOW NOTES:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:37 – Withum Sponsor
00:03:25 – Early years
00:12:11 – Bitcoin Donations for Activists
00:16:46 – 'Check Your Privilege' Book Origin
00:23:24 – How Bitcoin is a Trojan Horse
00:28:39 – Russia Accepting Bitcoin
00:37:33 – Petrodollar
00:43:24 – Bitcoin as The Worlds Reserve Currency
00:45:45 – The End of Super Imperialism
00:47:58 – About CBDC
00:57:38 – Financial Repression
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