Simon Dixon Hard Talk

Full interview (22 October 2026) where Simon Dixon and Alex Jordanov (host of Macroscopic, YouTube channel - GoldRepublic Global) discuss how the financial-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are engineering global conflicts and economic pressures to weaken Europe and consolidate power. They explain that rising interest rates, costly energy, and manufactured civil unrest act as mechanisms for wealth transfer and asset stripping, ultimately benefiting powerful multinational entities. Furthermore, the discussion highlights a broader geopolitical transition toward a multipolar order, where the petrodollar is shifting and regions like West Asia are rising in influence. Domestically, governments are increasingly utilizing financial repression, such as wealth taxes and capital controls, alongside the development of central bank digital currencies to enhance state surveillance. Finally, Dixon evaluates the resilience of sovereign assets like Bitcoin and gold, warning that increasing institutional centralization and regulatory control pose ongoing threats to financial autonomy.

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On 21 October 2026, Simon Dixon was invited as a guest by Danny, the host of the YouTube channel Capital Cosm, for a 47-minute interview titled "They're Preparing To Collapse Europe (what's next is terrifying) | Simon Dixon".

High-Level Overview

The interview centered on the convergence of global macroeconomics, energy market dislocations, technology infrastructure consolidation, and geopolitical realignments. The central framing posits that the global economy is undergoing a structural wealth transfer from the consumption layer (Main Street consumers, mortgage holders, energy-dependent states) to the ownership layer (creditors, asset managers, energy refiners, and defense technology operators).

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Two-hour interview titled "Big Bitcoin, the Financial Industrial Complex & the End of the Petrodollar", hosted by Archie on the Bitcoin Archive channel.

The interview took place on 13 October 2026 at Archie’s London studio. This recording marked the fourth face-to-face, in-person interview that Simon Dixon has done for Archie on the channel.

Executive Summary

The discussion covers macroeconomics, global geopolitics, intelligence operations, and the long-term thesis for Bitcoin. The conversation centers on a global trend toward hyper-centralization—driven by artificial intelligence (AI), corporate capital, and state surveillance—and how this impacts self-custody and individual sovereignty.

Key takeaways include:

• The Self-Custody Security Landscape: Recent hardware wallet security breaches (including Cold Card's entropy vulnerability, Ledger supply-chain reseller compromises, and Trezor third-party data leaks) are accelerating a push toward centralized custody, such as Bitcoin ETFs. In Simon Dixon's view, while these events may be opportunistic cyber attacks, they are being weaponized to discourage individual self-custody. Power structures seek self-custody for themselves while restricting it for the public.
• Geopolitical & Economic Realignment: The 1974 Petro-dollar framework is undergoing deconstruction. Global powers are shifting away from U.S. Treasuries, unwinding the Japanese carry trade, and forming new regional trade and financial rails.
• The Interplay of Institutional Power: Power is shifting across three core structures: the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC), the Military Industrial Complex (MIC), and the Technical Industrial Complex (TIC). While the U.S. nation-state incurs high national debt and declining strategic reserves, private corporate capital within the FIC, MIC, and TIC is realizing record profits.
• Evolution of Bitcoin's Role: Bitcoin's original phase of "us versus the banks" has concluded, as traditional financial institutions have integrated the asset to generate revenue. Short-term price action remains driven by liquidity, the Cantillon effect, and Wall Street trading desks. However, the core thesis—peer-to-peer transactions, fixed 21-million supply cap, and self-custody—remains intact.

High-Level Overview

The debate frames the global economy as undergoing a rapid transition toward digitization and peak centralization. Individuals face a choice between submitting data and capital to centralized intermediaries or learning the technical skills required to maintain data and financial sovereignty.

Archie frames current events as a concerted, multi-pronged attack on Bitcoin self-custody, pointing to concurrent hardware wallet vulnerabilities and regulatory pressures in Europe. Simon Dixon frames these developments within broader macroeconomic and intelligence dynamics: AI is currently penetration-testing global digital infrastructure, while the traditional Petro-dollar order is giving way to a multipolar world.

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Interview between host Tom Bilyeu and guest Simon Dixon on the show Impact Theory. Event Context: Simon Dixon was invited by Tom Bilyeu for his second face-to-face, in-person interview conducted at Tom’s recording studio in Los Angeles, California.

Recording Date: 5 October 2026.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes.

The overarching discussion centers on the shift from physical conflict to artificial intelligence as the primary mechanism for global wealth extraction and population control. Simon Dixon presents a framework explaining how macroeconomic pressures, geopolitical realignments into a multipolar world, and institutional incentive structures ("selection over conspiracy") drive wealth concentration, while outlining a pragmatic methodology for individual financial and digital sovereignty.

High-Level Overview

The conversation examines how the global economic architecture is undergoing a structural shift. Historically, the global elite utilized the "forever war" model under the MIC to extract wealth and force national debt creation. Simon Dixon argues that this framework is now merging with the TIC and FIC, using AI and data infrastructure as the new attack vectors for wealth extraction and societal surveillance.

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Watch Simon Dixon's first every interview that he did for Tom Bilyeu: They're Deliberately Winding Down America — Here's the Plan for What Comes Next | Simon Dixon on Impact Theory w/ Tom Bilyeu. Click here.

Julian Dorey interviews Simon Dixon

This is a 1 hour preview taken from a 3 hour interview which was recorded on 24 September 2026.

Watch the 1 hour preview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74gicXJFxVQ

You can watch the full interview over on Julian Dorey's YouTube channel here.

In this 1-hour and 30-minute in-person interview with Natalie Brunell, recorded on 25 September 2026 and titled "If this happens, I will sell all my Bitcoin and buy Gold", I join Natalie on her channel to examine the structural transformation of the global financial architecture, the burden of unpayable sovereign debt, and the evolving role of Bitcoin as a mechanism for individual sovereignty.

In my view, the global financial order is undergoing a structural shift away from unipolar hegemony toward a multi-node regional system managed by three primary power structures: the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC), the Military Industrial Complex (MIC), and the Technical Industrial Complex (TIC).

During this interview, Natalie and I analyze how a $40 trillion US national debt—which I believe cannot be repaid without collapsing the dollar system—forces central planners toward fiscal dominance, growth through artificial intelligence infrastructure, and engineered digital control grids such as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and programmable stablecoins.

We explore the generational breakdown of traditional paths to wealth, why conventional boomer investment strategies no longer function for younger generations facing AI-driven job market disruptions, and why central banks are steadily accumulating physical gold while reducing their holdings of US Treasuries. For investors, savers, and Bitcoin holders, I outline the specific structural conditions—namely severe centralisation across mining pools, developer teams, and institutional custody by the FIC—under which I believe holding physical gold would become a preferable reserve asset to Bitcoin.

However, as long as Bitcoin preserves its open-source codebase, peer-to-peer spendability, and unalterable monetary supply, I believe it remains an essential tool for digital resistance against technocratic control grids and asset-stripping debt systems. Ultimately, this discussion provides a calm, macro-focused analysis of how to navigate the global financial transition, spend less than you earn, and accumulate hard assets to achieve true individual financial sovereignty.

Premiere starts today (8 October 2026) at 6pm BST / 1pm EDT.

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Bitcoin Is the Exit—Simon Dixon on Natalie Brunell (14 April 2026)

Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

Welcome back to this overview of Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE from 18 September 2026. After missing last week while travelling, we had two weeks of macro developments to catch up on in this nearly three-hour show, and as you will see, almost everything connects into one grand story: war driving energy, energy driving inflation, inflation moving the bond markets, and central banks setting rates while money transitions onto programmable digital rails.

PART ONE: The Houthis Just Changed The Middle East (Or Did They?) | Oil, Rates & The New Financial Rails

In Part 1, The Houthis Just Changed The Middle East | Oil, Rates & The New Financial Rails, I examine how Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and the seizure of Perim Island inside the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint have combined with wider regional conflict to severely impair oil transit, send diesel prices surging, and reignite inflation expectations.

In my interpretation, this energy tax feeds directly into central bank tightening—with the Federal Reserve unanimously raising rates 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00% despite public demands from Trump, and the Bank of Japan hiking to 1.25%—pushing the US 10-year Treasury yield above 5% as the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC) demands higher returns to fund government debt.

As fiscal dominance worsens a K-shaped economy and extreme wealth inequality, sovereign states are building alternative BRICS cross-border payment rails and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to bypass SWIFT, while Western institutions leverage Circle Arc and tokenized collateral. Meanwhile, frontier leaders use AI safety rhetoric to construct regulatory moats for Big Tech, creating a multipolar, monetarily fragmented, but digitally interoperable control grid.

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Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

Welcome back to this overview of Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE from 18 September 2026. After missing last week while travelling, we had two weeks of macro developments to catch up on in this nearly three-hour show, and as you will see, almost everything connects into one grand story: war driving energy, energy driving inflation, inflation moving the bond markets, and central banks setting rates while money transitions onto programmable digital rails.

PART ONE: The Houthis Just Changed The Middle East (Or Did They?) | Oil, Rates & The New Financial Rails

In Part 1, The Houthis Just Changed The Middle East | Oil, Rates & The New Financial Rails, I examine how Houthi advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast and the seizure of Perim Island inside the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint have combined with wider regional conflict to severely impair oil transit, send diesel prices surging, and reignite inflation expectations. In my interpretation, this energy tax feeds directly into central bank tightening—with the Federal Reserve unanimously raising rates 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00% despite public demands from Trump, and the Bank of Japan hiking to 1.25%—pushing the US 10-year Treasury yield above 5% as the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC) demands higher returns to fund government debt. As fiscal dominance worsens a K-shaped economy and extreme wealth inequality, sovereign states are building alternative BRICS cross-border payment rails and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to bypass SWIFT, while Western institutions leverage Circle Arc and tokenized collateral. Meanwhile, frontier leaders use AI safety rhetoric to construct regulatory moats for Big Tech, creating a multipolar, monetarily fragmented, but digitally interoperable control grid.

PART TWO: Was Bitcoin A CIA Psyop? | Francis Hunt vs Simon Dixon Debate

In Part 2, Was Bitcoin A CIA Psyop?, we premiered a pre-recorded debate from 17 September 2026 hosted by Danny on the CapitalCosm YouTube channel, where I went head-to-head with Francis Hunt (aka The Market Sniper). Francis delivered a compelling critique of total digitization, framing it as an encroaching surveillance power grab that destroys our sovereign right to financial privacy, while arguing that physical cash must be preserved as our first line of defense. In his view, Bitcoin serves as a "trainer bicycle" on-ramp into a grand digital control grid, operating as a high-beta speculative asset co-opted by Wall Street ETFs, corporate treasury vehicles like Michael Saylor's Strategy, and intelligence-linked actors. In response, while I broadly agree with Francis on the dangers of CBDCs, financial surveillance, and blatant infiltration attempts by intelligence agencies and Wall Street—such as Blockstream, Michael Saylor's Strategy, and corporate capture—I maintain that Bitcoin remains fundamentally different. In my opinion, as long as open-source developers, miners, and decentralized node operators successfully resist protocol changes, Bitcoin provides individuals with an irreplaceable mechanism to hold their own keys, transact peer-to-peer, and retain monetary sovereignty outside issuer-controlled rails.

Whether you lean toward Francis’s skepticism about the digital trap or my thesis on digital self-sovereignty, understanding how physical and digital rails are being rewired is essential to staying on the right side of this historic transition.

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In Part 2, Was Bitcoin A CIA Psyop?, we premiered a pre-recorded debate from 17 September 2026 hosted by Danny on the CapitalCosm YouTube channel, where I went head-to-head with Francis Hunt (aka The Market Sniper). Francis delivered a compelling critique of total digitization, framing it as an encroaching surveillance power grab that destroys our sovereign right to financial privacy, while arguing that physical cash must be preserved as our first line of defense. In his view, Bitcoin serves as a "trainer bicycle" on-ramp into a grand digital control grid, operating as a high-beta speculative asset co-opted by Wall Street ETFs, corporate treasury vehicles like Michael Saylor's Strategy, and intelligence-linked actors.

In response, while I broadly agree with Francis on the dangers of CBDCs, financial surveillance, and blatant infiltration attempts by intelligence agencies and Wall Street—such as Blockstream, Michael Saylor's Strategy, and corporate capture—I maintain that Bitcoin remains fundamentally different. In my opinion, as long as open-source developers, miners, and decentralized node operators successfully resist protocol changes, Bitcoin provides individuals with an irreplaceable mechanism to hold their own keys, transact peer-to-peer, and retain monetary sovereignty outside issuer-controlled rails.

Whether you lean toward Francis’s skepticism about the digital trap or my thesis on digital self-sovereignty, understanding how physical and digital rails are being rewired is essential to staying on the right side of this historic transition.

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Watch Part One on YouTube

Watch Part Two on YouTube

Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

We are witnessing history, and most people are completely missing the signal for the noise.

In the markets, we are seeing a major structural stress test. While the S&P 500 pushes toward its all-time high of ~7,748 under fiscal dominance, the bond market is flashing serious warning signs. The US 10-year Treasury yield is hovering around ~4.76% and the 30-year is at ~5.24%.

In my view, this is driving 7% mortgages back into play and putting severe stress on bank collateral. Meanwhile, Japan’s 10-year yield has risen above 3% for the first time since 1996, signaling a massive decoupling of the Japan carry trade.

The real relief valves are showing their strength. Gold is pushing above ~$4,500 as central banks continue to accumulate physical reserves. In a telling move, the Netherlands has quietly relocated 86 tonnes of its gold reserves ($12 billion) out of the US and over to London, with officials citing "increasing geopolitical unrest".

Bitcoin is also demonstrating its strength as hard money, posting its biggest weekly gain since March 2023 and surging 23% to ~$81,000 after wiping out billions in short positions. This comes as the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) falls to ~287 million barrels—four-decade lows not seen since 1982.

In my view, we are watching the transition from a US-dominated dollar hegemony to a multi-node world order.

To unpack this transition, we are going live today for another episode of Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE.

You Think You’re Watching a War. You’re Watching a New World Being Built | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE

PART ONE: India, China & Iran Just Sent a Major Signal — BRICS Is Next

Part One of today's broadcast is our live show. It begins with a live macro update from me, followed by an in-depth pre-recorded interview, with me as the guest, on Wally Rashid’s YouTube channel.

In this section, we break down the major geopolitical signals sent at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting. India is increasingly cooperating with China, Russia, and Iran through both the SCO and BRICS, with Iranian President Pezeshkian invited to the BRICS summit in New Delhi next week (12–13 September). Meanwhile, at the G20, 19 countries backed freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but China blocked a unified consensus.

Why does this matter now? In my view, this is the arrival of the multipolar—or what I call the "multi-node"—world order. Multipolarity does not mean India or the Gulf states are choosing China over America. Instead, they are refusing to choose. They are building regional security nodes connected by competing financial and technological rails. The old hegemonic node is fracturing, and regional powers are stepping up to secure their own corridors while the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC) and Technical Industrial Complex (TIC) jockey for dominance over payment and settlement rails.

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Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

We are witnessing history, and most people are completely missing the signal for the noise.

In the markets, we are seeing a major structural stress test. While the S&P 500 pushes toward its all-time high of ~7,748 under fiscal dominance, the bond market is flashing serious warning signs. The US 10-year Treasury yield is hovering around ~4.76% and the 30-year is at ~5.24%.

In my view, this is driving 7% mortgages back into play and putting severe stress on bank collateral. Meanwhile, Japan’s 10-year yield has risen above 3% for the first time since 1996, signaling a massive decoupling of the Japan carry trade.

The real relief valves are showing their strength. Gold is pushing above ~$4,500 as central banks continue to accumulate physical reserves. In a telling move, the Netherlands has quietly relocated 86 tonnes of its gold reserves ($12 billion) out of the US and over to London, with officials citing "increasing geopolitical unrest".

Bitcoin is also demonstrating its strength as hard money, posting its biggest weekly gain since March 2023 and surging 23% to ~$81,000 after wiping out billions in short positions. This comes as the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) falls to ~287 million barrels—four-decade lows not seen since 1982.

In my view, we are watching the transition from a US-dominated dollar hegemony to a multi-node world order.

To unpack this transition, we are going live today for another episode of Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE.

You Think You’re Watching a War. You’re Watching a New World Being Built | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE

PART ONE: India, China & Iran Just Sent a Major Signal — BRICS Is Next

Part One of today's broadcast is our live show. It begins with a live macro update from me, followed by an in-depth pre-recorded interview, with me as the guest, on Wally Rashid’s YouTube channel.

In this section, we break down the major geopolitical signals sent at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting. India is increasingly cooperating with China, Russia, and Iran through both the SCO and BRICS, with Iranian President Pezeshkian invited to the BRICS summit in New Delhi next week (12–13 September). Meanwhile, at the G20, 19 countries backed freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but China blocked a unified consensus.

Why does this matter now? In my view, this is the arrival of the multipolar—or what I call the "multi-node"—world order. Multipolarity does not mean India or the Gulf states are choosing China over America. Instead, they are refusing to choose. They are building regional security nodes connected by competing financial and technological rails. The old hegemonic node is fracturing, and regional powers are stepping up to secure their own corridors while the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC) and Technical Industrial Complex (TIC) jockey for dominance over payment and settlement rails.

PART TWO: Israel Is Being Privatized — And Netanyahu Is Being Left Behind

Part Two of today's broadcast features a pre-recorded interview I did with Wally Rashid on his channel, recorded on 3 September 2026.

In this interview, we dive deep into the geo-financial reality of the Middle East, focusing on a major theme: the privatization of Israel. Israel’s economy is decoupling from its stock market, which remains at all-time highs due to military, tech, and banking stocks. However, the state is being laden with corporate debt, and state defense companies are preparing for public listings (IPOs) to sell off state assets.

In my view, Netanyahu is acting as a puppet to power, serving the interests of major military contractors, global financial investors, and technology companies. At the highest levels of capital, ideology does not drive decision-making—rational self-interest and capital preservation do.

As the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) begins to retreat from the Middle East to find other war zones, Israel is being transitioned from being funded by the Pentagon to being funded by private corporate debt. If power no longer needs Israel as a destabilizing node, the financial markets will force a regime change.

I encourage you to watch both parts of today's broadcast to see how these two pieces fit together.

Weekly Macro Updates

• AI & Tech: Nvidia ($NVDA) reported record Q2 revenue of $96.2 billion and guided a massive $108 billion for Q3 alone, assuming zero compute revenue from China.
• Bonds: The US 10-year Treasury Note yield has surged +85 basis points since the Iran War began, pushing to ~4.80%.
• Gold: The Netherlands has relocated 86 tonnes of gold reserves ($12 billion) out of the US, with officials warning the gold is "no longer safe" in Trump's hands.
• Bitcoin: Bitcoin surged from below $64,000 to nearly $80,000 in three days, liquidating over $4 billion in short bets.
• Energy: US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) inventories fell below 290 million barrels for the first time since 1982, down to 289.7 million barrels.
• Trade Wars: Canada has declared a trade "war" with the US after Trump raised tariffs on Canadian autos, parts, and steel to 50% for 2027.
• Stablecoins: Major global banks are advancing plans for a joint stablecoin, while the UK orders the Bank of England to accelerate digital money innovation].

Livestream Broadcast Schedule

This episode was broadcasted on 4 September 2026 at 8:30pm BST.

Please note that Part One is the live show. Part Two is the pre-recorded interview done by Wally Rashid with me as the guest. Both segments are crucial to understanding the transition of the world order, and I highly encourage you to watch both.

Measure your wealth in Bitcoin, stay sovereign, and I will see you on the livestream.

Peace.

Simon Dixon

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A pre-recorded interview I did with Wally Rashid on his channel, recorded on 3 September 2026.

In this interview, we dive deep into the geo-financial reality of the Middle East, focusing on a major theme: the privatization of Israel. Israel’s economy is decoupling from its stock market, which remains at all-time highs due to military, tech, and banking stocks.

However, the state is being laden with corporate debt, and state defense companies are preparing for public listings (IPOs) to sell off state assets. In my view, Netanyahu is acting as a puppet to power, serving the interests of major military contractors, global financial investors, and technology companies. At the highest levels of capital, ideology does not drive decision-making—rational self-interest and capital preservation do.

As the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) begins to retreat from the Middle East to find other war zones, Israel is being transitioned from being funded by the Pentagon to being funded by private corporate debt. If power no longer needs Israel as a destabilizing node, the financial markets will force a regime change.

I encourage you to watch both parts of today's broadcast to see how these two pieces fit together.

0:00 Intro
5:40 How long will the collapse of the U.S. Empire take?
8:48 Israel vs. the Financial Industrial Complex in the Iran war
17:12 Will Iran be able to maintain a long-term toll on the Strait of Hormuz
19:26 What is the point of the latest Iran war escalations?
22:10 How long will the Iran war continue for?
25:45 What role does the Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan defense Mecca agreement play?
30:16 How the Israel/Palestine conflict will be solved via pressure from global financial markets
34:14 When will Israel be controlled by global financial markets?
37:49 How will settler violence will be contained by global financial markets
41:22 How will the Military Industrial Complex shift focus to the United States and Europe?
44:54 How the Military Industrial Complex is implementing the AI Surveillance State in the West
46:20 How the Military Industrial Complex will destabilize the West
49:48 How can young adults financially prepare for a multi-polar world?
53:18 What role will gold play in the future as the dollar declines?
57:38 How betting markets like Polymarkets and Kalshi represent a sign of a declining empire
1:02:28 How declining empires push degeneracy on their poorest citizens
1:05:18 Why it’s important young adults take control of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1:07:55 Why everyone needs to have their own decentralized AI model
1:11:24 What open source AI model does Simon run?

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In my 4th appearance on The Peter McCormack Show (recorded 27 August 2026; duration: 1 hour 27 mins), titled “They’re Building a Control Grid to Control You,” Peter McCormack and I sit down for an in-depth analysis of global monetary friction and the emerging financial control grid.

In this episode, Peter and I discuss the $40 trillion US national debt milestone, the mechanics behind Treasury debt rollovers, and how central banks, in my opinion, socialise bond market losses onto ordinary citizens through inflation while privatising capital gains into stock markets.

We also examine the corporate debt boom driving the AI data centre build-out, real-term wealth erosion in the housing market, and how technocratic structures are positioning programmable money and CBDCs as crisis bailouts within the expanding FIC, MIC, and TIC framework.

In my view, as artificial intelligence accelerates labor market disruption, the ultimate choice ahead is whether you prepare to become an asset owner or remain trapped as a debt holder. Allegedly, defending your individual freedom against an Orwellian surveillance grid requires building digital resistance—running independent nodes, maintaining Bitcoin self-custody, and mastering key management to protect your cryptographic identity and wealth.

Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

Something fundamental changed this week. For long-term listeners, this is not a surprise—we have been expecting these developments for years. But the signals we received this week are now loud, clear, and impossible to ignore.

The bond market is screaming across the collective West, and in my view, we are witnessing America systematically sacrifice the world reserve status of the dollar in real time. We have reached a point of convergence where macroeconomics, geopolitics, and technology are colliding.

Today's High-Signal Macro Briefing:

• The Debt Limit: The US national debt officially passed the $40 trillion mark as long-term sovereign yields blow out globally.
• The Intervention: Why the US Treasury’s emergency mid-quarter long-duration bond buyback failed to calm the market for more than 24 hours.
• The Decoupling: Bitcoin and gold surging higher as legacy equities correct, triggering one of the largest short squeezes in Bitcoin history.
• Protocol Security: The resolution of the BIP-110 consensus battle on the main chain, and how to prepare for the September 1st hard fork.
• Institutional Absorption: Wall Street giants quietly scaling up native Bitcoin custody and ETF allocations while the public is distracted.
• Geopolitical Energy Risks: Brent crude pushing back past $90 amidst reports of preemptive economic warfare targeting Hormuz bypass infrastructure.
• The Capital Clash: How the massive AI data center build-out is actively competing with highly indebted sovereign nations for global liquidity.

PART ONE: Bond Yields Blow Out — Bitcoin & Gold Break Higher

Part One is our live broadcast, lasting 2 hours and 12 minutes. We will begin with a comprehensive live macro update where I explain why these bond yield blowouts represent the ultimate return of the "bond vigilantes."

For years, I have warned about "fiscal dominance"—where the Treasury's borrowing needs override monetary policy—and today, we are seeing the direct consequences as traditional foreign buyers back away.

In my view, the sudden decoupling of gold and Bitcoin from correcting equities is a powerful signal that capital is actively rotating. During this live segment, I will walk you through the mechanics of the Treasury's buyback program, explain why the Federal Reserve will eventually be forced to intervene, and share practical steps on how to secure your portfolio as protocol forks and macro volatility accelerate.

Measure your wealth in Bitcoin, stay sovereign, and I will see you on the livestream.

Peace.

Simon Dixon

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Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

Something fundamental changed this week. For long-term listeners, this is not a surprise—we have been expecting these developments for years. But the signals we received this week are now loud, clear, and impossible to ignore.

The bond market is screaming across the collective West, and in my view, we are witnessing America systematically sacrifice the world reserve status of the dollar in real time. We have reached a point of convergence where macroeconomics, geopolitics, and technology are colliding.

Today's High-Signal Macro Briefing:

• The Debt Limit: The US national debt officially passed the $40 trillion mark as long-term sovereign yields blow out globally.
• The Intervention: Why the US Treasury’s emergency mid-quarter long-duration bond buyback failed to calm the market for more than 24 hours.
• The Decoupling: Bitcoin and gold surging higher as legacy equities correct, triggering one of the largest short squeezes in Bitcoin history.
• Protocol Security: The resolution of the BIP-110 consensus battle on the main chain, and how to prepare for the September 1st hard fork.
• Institutional Absorption: Wall Street giants quietly scaling up native Bitcoin custody and ETF allocations while the public is distracted.
• Geopolitical Energy Risks: Brent crude pushing back past $90 amidst reports of preemptive economic warfare targeting Hormuz bypass infrastructure.
• The Capital Clash: How the massive AI data center build-out is actively competing with highly indebted sovereign nations for global liquidity.

PART ONE: Bond Yields Blow Out — Bitcoin & Gold Break Higher

Part One is our live broadcast, lasting 2 hours and 12 minutes. We will begin with a comprehensive live macro update where I explain why these bond yield blowouts represent the ultimate return of the "bond vigilantes."

For years, I have warned about "fiscal dominance"—where the Treasury's borrowing needs override monetary policy—and today, we are seeing the direct consequences as traditional foreign buyers back away.

In my view, the sudden decoupling of gold and Bitcoin from correcting equities is a powerful signal that capital is actively rotating. During this live segment, I will walk you through the mechanics of the Treasury's buyback program, explain why the Federal Reserve will eventually be forced to intervene, and share practical steps on how to secure your portfolio as protocol forks and macro volatility accelerate.

PART TWO: Why the Dollar’s World Reserve Status Is Being Sacrificed | Simon Dixon on WTFinance w/ Anthony Fatseas

Immediately following the live show, we are broadcasting my recent 44-minute interview with Anthony Fatseas on WTFinance, recorded on 13 August 2026. This discussion took place just one week before this week's global bond market blowout, demonstrating our long-term thesis playing out in real time.

In this segment, we go deep into how the decline of the US world reserve system historically mirrors the structural collapses of the Dutch and British empires. I believe the Strait of Hormuz will be to the American Empire what the Suez Canal was to the British Empire—a defining point of geopolitical reset. We will also expose the reality of the digital control grid, explore the "real war" of centralization versus decentralization, and discuss the launch of my new book, The Game of Money.

Measure your wealth in Bitcoin, stay sovereign, and I will see you on the livestream.

Peace.

Simon Dixon

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PART TWO: Exiting the Battle for Bitcoin Is Not an Option | Simon Dixon x BTC Sessions

Following Part One, we transition into a 33-minute update from me, followed by a 45-minute pre-recorded interview with Nathan from BTC Sessions.

In this part, we perform a vital postmortem on the recent Bitcoin civil war and the failed BIP-110 soft fork, which mined only two blocks and fell more than 700 blocks behind the legacy chain after 99.85% of Bitcoin's hashpower stayed with the legacy chain. I will walk you through the key lessons of policy versus consensus, and why I believe exiting this battle is simply not an option if we want to defend our digital citadel. I’ll also share how I’ll handle the hard fork and what you need to know.

Why you should watch: Wall Street and centralised entities are actively trying to capture Bitcoin through custody and financialization. We will address the recent security attacks on self-custody—including the $100M+ Cold Card entropy exploit, Trezor’s shipping provider data breach, and Tether's historic audit—to show you how we must respond to protect our sovereignty.

Watch Part One: Everyone's Sleepwalking Through the Biggest Event of Our Lives | Simon Dixon & Doomberg https://youtu.be/XpADSidNna4 Watch Full Episode which includes part 1 and 2: WORLD WAR III vs. BITCOIN’S CIVIL WAR: How Wars Are Really Won | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE 🔗https://youtube.com/live/lPhtNYSZwpk

Hey hey sovereign wealth builders,

This is a single, continuous broadcast that connects the physical macro battlegrounds of our global transition with the technological wars of the Bitcoin network. In today's livestream, you can expect a breakdown of the quiet de-dollarisation and sovereign debt doom loop, followed by two critical deep-dive interviews I recently recorded with Doomberg and Nathan from BTC Sessions.

In my view, we are entering a phase of fiscal dominance where traditional sovereign debt is buckling under interest expenses, while our digital citadel is facing unprecedented centralisation pressure from both Wall Street and security exploits. Today's show is divided into two highly connected segments, each featuring an in-depth update from me followed by a pre-recorded interview.

I highly recommend watching both parts in sequence to understand how these macro and micro forces converge.

PART ONE: Everyone's Sleepwalking Through the Biggest Event of Our Lives | Simon Dixon & Doomberg

This first segment begins with a 30-minute macro and geopolitical live update from me, followed by a 1-hour and 50-minute pre-recorded discussion with Doomberg, hosted by BTC Sessions. In this debate, we examine the reality of the "forever wars," why the US is transitioning into a regional power, and how China's growing energy independence is eroding US maritime leverage.

We also clash on the real power of BlackRock, market efficiency, and why global savers are quietly abandoning US debt for gold. Why you should watch: In my view, the mainstream media acts as a mouthpiece for the financial industrial complex, keeping you distracted.

This segment exposes the structural shifts in the global reserve system that most are sleepwalking right through.

Make sure to watch Part Two: Exiting the Battle for Bitcoin Is Not an Option | Simon Dixon x BTC Sessions

Following Part One, we transition into a 33-minute update from me, followed by a 45-minute pre-recorded interview with Nathan from BTC Sessions. In this part, we perform a vital postmortem on the recent Bitcoin civil war and the failed BIP-110 soft fork, which mined only two blocks and fell more than 700 blocks behind the legacy chain after 99.85% of Bitcoin's hashpower stayed with the legacy chain. I will walk you through the key lessons of policy versus consensus, and why I believe exiting this battle is simply not an option if we want to defend our digital citadel.

I’ll also share how I’ll handle the hard fork and what you need to know. Why you should watch: Wall Street and centralised entities are actively trying to capture Bitcoin through custody and financialization. We will address the recent security attacks on self-custody—including the $100M+ Cold Card entropy exploit, Trezor’s shipping provider data breach, and Tether's historic audit—to show you how we must respond to protect our sovereignty.

Watch the full episode which includes part 1 and 2: WORLD WAR III vs. BITCOIN’S CIVIL WAR: How Wars Are Really Won | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPhtNYSZwpk

This is a single, continuous broadcast that connects the physical macro battlegrounds of our global transition with the technological wars of the Bitcoin network.

In today's livestream, you can expect a breakdown of the quiet de-dollarisation and sovereign debt doom loop, followed by two critical deep-dive interviews I recently recorded with Doomberg and Nathan from BTC Sessions. In my view, we are entering a phase of fiscal dominance where traditional sovereign debt is buckling under interest expenses, while our digital citadel is facing unprecedented centralisation pressure from both Wall Street and security exploits.

Today's show is divided into two highly connected segments, each featuring an in-depth update from me followed by a pre-recorded interview. I highly recommend watching both parts in sequence to understand how these macro and micro forces converge.

The Two Segments of Today's Show

PART ONE: Everyone's Sleepwalking Through the Biggest Event of Our Lives | Simon Dixon & Doomberg

This first segment begins with a 30-minute macro and geopolitical live update from me, followed by a 1-hour and 50-minute pre-recorded discussion with Doomberg, hosted by BTC Sessions. In this debate, we examine the reality of the "forever wars," why the US is transitioning into a regional power, and how China's growing energy independence is eroding US maritime leverage. We also clash on the real power of BlackRock, market efficiency, and why global savers are quietly abandoning US debt for gold. Why you should watch: In my view, the mainstream media acts as a mouthpiece for the financial industrial complex, keeping you distracted. This segment exposes the structural shifts in the global reserve system that most are sleepwalking right through.

PART TWO: Exiting the Battle for Bitcoin Is Not an Option | Simon Dixon x BTC Sessions

Following Part One, we transition into a 33-minute update from me, followed by a 45-minute pre-recorded interview with Nathan from BTC Sessions. In this part, we perform a vital postmortem on the recent Bitcoin civil war and the failed BIP-110 soft fork, which mined only two blocks and fell more than 700 blocks behind the legacy chain after 99.85% of Bitcoin's hashpower stayed with the legacy chain.

I will walk you through the key lessons of policy versus consensus, and why I believe exiting this battle is simply not an option if we want to defend our digital citadel.

I’ll also share how I’ll handle the hard fork and what you need to know. Why you should watch: Wall Street and centralised entities are actively trying to capture Bitcoin through custody and financialization.

We will address the recent security attacks on self-custody—including the $100M+ Cold Card entropy exploit, Trezor’s shipping provider data breach, and Tether's historic audit—to show you how we must respond to protect our sovereignty.

Timestamp:

0:00 Intro
1:29 Update by Simon Dixon
30:33 Part 1 Everyone's Sleepwalking Through the Biggest Event of Our Lives Simon Dixon and Doomberg
2:20:02 Simon Dixon opening remarks before part 2
2:52:53 Part 2 Exiting the Battle for Bitcoin Is Not an Option

Is Bitcoin Compatible with Islam? | Simon Dixon on Bitcoin Majlis with Michael Howe

In this comprehensive interview recorded on 13 August 2026, host Michael Howe (The Bitcoin Guide) sits down with investor, author, and financial analyst Simon Dixon on the Bitcoin Majlis YouTube channel for a 2-hour and 13-minute deep dive into the intersection of Islamic finance principles, global monetary architecture, and Bitcoin’s role as a tool for financial sovereignty.

Drawing from his 26-year journey in traditional finance and investment banking, Simon Dixon breaks down how the current fiat monetary system is structurally dependent on riba (interest) and debt creation. He explains how this debt-based paradigm drives wealth extraction, centralisation, and global conflicts, contrasting secular economic theory—such as Adam Smith’s "Invisible Hand"—with the moral accountability and ethical trade traditions of the "Open Hand" found in Islamic economics.

Throughout the discussion, Dixon frames Bitcoin as a technological realization of sound money principles that aligned with the Golden Age of Islam. However, he issues a stark warning regarding ongoing efforts by the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC) and Technical Industrial Complex (TIC) to co-opt Bitcoin through centralized custodians, ETFs, and paper derivatives.

The key message of the interview emphasizes the necessity of a "Digital Hijra" and strict self-custody ("holding your own keys") as an essential act of digital resistance and sovereignty.

KEY TOPICS COVERED IN THIS INTERVIEW

• Simon Dixon’s Origin Story: 26 years in finance, investment banking, and discovering systemic flaws in money creation.
• The Problem with Riba (Interest): How debt-based money creation incentivizes inflation, debt slavery, and war economies.
• Economics of the "Open Hand": Comparing secular market mechanics with Islamic economic accountability and ethical trade.
• Lessons from the Golden Age of Islam: Hard money standards, Gresham’s Law, and historical monetary preservation.
• Centralization Risks in Bitcoin: How Wall Street, ETFs, and institutional custodians attempt to co-opt decentralized protocols.
• The "Digital Hijra" & Self-Custody: Why holding your own private keys is necessary to preserve individual and community sovereignty.

UPCOMING EVENT: MUSLIM BITCOIN SUMMIT 2026

Simon Dixon will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Muslim Bitcoin Summit in London on 10 October 2026.

To find out more and register, visit: https://mslmbtcsummit.com/

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Host: Anthony Fatseas (WTFinance Podcast)

Guest: Simon Dixon (Investor, Financial & Geopolitical Analyst, Author, Entrepreneur, and Bitcoin OG)

A Note From Simon Dixon

"Immediately following the live show, we are broadcasting my recent 44-minute interview with Anthony Fatseas on WTFinance, recorded on 13 August 2026. This discussion took place just one week before this week's global bond market blowout, demonstrating our long-term thesis playing out in real time.

In this segment, we go deep into how the decline of the US world reserve system historically mirrors the structural collapses of the Dutch and British empires. I believe the Strait of Hormuz will be to the American Empire what the Suez Canal was to the British Empire—a defining point of geopolitical reset. We will also expose the reality of the digital control grid, explore the 'real war' of centralization versus decentralization, and discuss the launch of my new book, The Game of Money."

Episode Description

In this second highly-anticipated interview on the WTFinance podcast, host Anthony Fatseas sits down with Simon Dixon—Investor, Financial & Geopolitical Analyst, Author, Entrepreneur, and Bitcoin OG—for an in-depth conversation on the accelerating cracks in the global financial system. Following wild yield breakouts in the bond market, Simon explains how central banks are choosing to "run the economy hot" and strategically sacrifice the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency to inflate assets and roll over unsustainable sovereign debt.

From shifting power dynamics in the Middle East and China's role as the central broker in West Asia, to the rise of programmable money, CBDCs, and an AI-driven "control grid," this episode maps out the sobering realities of the multipolar reset. Most importantly, Simon shares his personal playbook for maintaining individual sovereignty, building local resilience, and escaping centralization through physical gold, self-custodied Bitcoin, and localized food and community networks.

Key Topics Covered

• The Bond Market Distress & Central Bank Policy

• Why bond yields are structurally exceeding previous stress-test levels, and the frantic interventions designed to prevent foreign central banks from selling US treasuries [2].
• The "K-shaped" economic strategy: Running the economy hot, rolling over massive debt, and dumping it on citizens while asset holders benefit from asset/equity inflation (e.g., the AI stock market bid).

• The Multipolar Reset & The Post-Dollar Middle East

• How the US is transitioning into a regional power while China emerges as the lynchpin broker negotiating normalization between historic rivals like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
• Trade route security and why the Strait of Hormuz is becoming the modern-day equivalent of the Suez Canal moment for the American Empire.
• Geopolitical narratives (Ukraine-Russia, Middle East, Taiwan tensions) as wealth extraction mechanisms for transnational capital and the military-industrial complex rather than triggers for World War III.

• The AI Control Grid, Programmability, and UBI

• The rise of the police-and-surveillance state to manage growing civil unrest caused by extreme wealth polarization.
• How digital currency (CBDCs and private stablecoins) will make money programmable, integrating social credit parameters under the guise of security and convenience.

• Sovereignty vs. Centralization: The Individual Playbook

• Why the real battle is not left vs. right, but centralization vs. decentralization.
• Practical steps to reclaim personal sovereignty: storing physical gold, self-custody of Bitcoin, running local LLMs, and investing in local food supply chains and community relationships.
• Overcoming mental submission by lengthening your time horizon to build out of debt and acquire real assets.

Quotes from Simon Dixon

"The strategy is sacrifice the dollar as world reserve currency, or you allow for a depression which breaks everything." "The real battle is between centralization and decentralization. That's the battle." ["They want you to believe there is no hope... you need to increase your time frame because that's how you escape."

Resources Mentioned

• Simon’s Open-Source Book Project: The Game of Money: From Subordinate to Sovereign
• Connect with Simon:

• Website: https://simondixon.com
• X (Twitter): https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SimonDixon21

• WTFinance Podcast: Hosted by Anthony Fatseas

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