Sebastian Ness, the 25-year-old CEO who built Sure Leverage Funding out of the wreckage of a competitor that went under overnight, sat down with me and hit me with a claim I couldn't shake: some of his traders have strung together 50 or 60 payouts in a row without ever breaching an account. We got into how his risk team catches "reverse hedging," where a trader bets both sides of the same trade across two different platforms, and how his wife's credit card, not his, funded every account he traded before Sure Leverage even existed. But what stayed with me was him telling me, flat out, that two different people broke into his house trying to get into his Bitcoin wallet, and that he still doesn't see the point of holding the coin at all. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connect with Sebastian Ness Website:https://bit.ly/4Aw0p2T YouTube:https://bit.ly/4A8mR1P Instagram:https://bit.ly/4xWmeXm TikTok:https://bit.ly/4iodBjA X:https://bit.ly/4hc5EvL LinkedIn:https://bit.ly/4gTYIV8 Timestamps 00:00 - Intro of the Show 02:59 - Why the MyForexFunds collapse started this business 04:39 - Would he do it again at 22 07:48 - Bad trader turned business owner 09:05 - Choosing a co-founder the right way 13:44 - Managing payout risk and client trust 15:03 - Catching KYC fraud and reverse hedging 16:44 - Sharing fraud data with 70 prop firms 17:53 - Are trading influencers actually good traders 20:35 - Futures vs CFDs and where trading is headed 23:24 - The plan for a future exit 24:49 - Buying Bitcoin at 16 and losing faith in it 28:54 - Two break-ins over his Bitcoin wallet 29:57 - Using AI to run and improve the business 32:34 - What he actually looks for when hiring 36:38 - The biggest blind spot for successful men 48:09 - Product roadmap and the futures launch 49:14 - Growing the client base to 80 percent US 52:27 - Where to Find Sebastian Ness/ Sure Leverage Funding Watch the “David Guttman Podcast” every Tuesday at 8 AM EST on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4wpqfCN Connect with David Guttman Website: https://bit.ly/4v6rnKm Instagram: https://bit.ly/4v2ALyr TikTok: https://bit.ly/4gP3hjI Facebook: https://bit.ly/4y2VZze X: https://bit.ly/4v3Xfza LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4awQRJv SUBSCRIBE TO: https://www.youtube.com/@RealDaveGuttman Download the “David Guttman Podcast” on all your favorite podcast platforms: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3VE3fzV Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3VLzm0v

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