Author and CSO of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein joins us to discuss his book called Check Your Financial Privilege: Inside the Global Bitcoin Revolution. According to the statistics, anyone born into a reserve currency like the dollar or euro has more financial privilege than 89% of the world population. Gladstein details the explosive rise of Bitcoin over the last 15 years. Then, he not only explains why Bitcoin is a powerful tool for people subjected to different authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, but also how it can be a real tool for freedom for the everyday person. His message is a huge wake up call to the meaning of wealth in the West and the importance of financial privacy and encryption. You won’t want to miss it!

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