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100,000 Tech Layoffs This Week: Why Bitcoin Is Your Only Escape | Zuby

Oct 31, 2025

Zuby (@ZubyMusic) joins The Last Trade to reveal why bitcoin represents the greatest asymmetric opportunity for millennials and Gen Z - and why the journey from $100K to $1M will be MUCH easier than getting your first $100K.

🚨WHAT WE COVER:

- Why 100,000+ tech workers just lost their jobs (and who's next)

- The Nigerian hyperinflation story that opened Zuby's eyes to bitcoin

- Why bitcoin ISN'T crypto - it's financial survival

- The "escape velocity" principle: $0-$100K vs $100K-$1M

- How AI will force you to become "ungovernable" or get left behind

- Why the status quo is now your enemy (not your friend)

πŸ“Š SHOCKING STATS DISCUSSED:

- Nigerian Naira: 1:1 with British Pound at independence β†’ 2,000:1 today

- 40% of all USD created in 18 months (2020-2021)

- Top 5 companies laid off 100,000+ workers THIS WEEK

- Bitcoin took 16 years to reach $100K (next 10x will be faster)

🎯 ZUBY'S BITCOIN THESIS: "Why would you choose money that works against you? Some random person can hit a button and drop your savings by 10%, 20%, 50%, 90%. Bitcoin is the only escape."

WHO IS ZUBY?

- Oxford Computer Science Graduate

- Independent Rapper with 1M+ followers

- Host of Real Talk with Zuby podcast

- Joe Rogan Experience guest

- Living proof that breaking from the status quo = freedom

FOLLOW ZUBY:

Twitter/X: @ZubyMusic

Podcast: Real Talk with Zuby

All platforms: Search "Zuby"

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Recorded October 30, 2025, this conversation captures a pivotal moment as mass layoffs accelerate and bitcoin crosses historic price levels. If you're under 40 and want financial freedom, this is required viewing.

The Last Trade: a weekly, bitcoin-native podcast covering the intersection of bitcoin, tech, & finance on a macro scale. Hosted by Jackson Mikalic, Michael Tanguma, & Brian Cubellis. Join us as we dive into what bitcoin means for how individuals & institutions save, invest, & propagate their purchasing power through time. It's not just another asset...in the digital age, it's The Last Trade that investors will ever need to make.

00:00 – Intro: Zuby’s Journey & Why Bitcoin 04:38 – First Touch: 2017 Run-Up 07:36 – Through Volatility to Conviction 10:37 – Global Lens: Inflation & Currency Risk 13:57 – Creativity, Communication, Building 16:39 – Pain, Lessons, Financial Clarity 19:51 – Status Quo & Change Aversion 23:01 – Why Bitcoin for the Next Gen 34:10 – Bitcoin vs. Traditional Assets 42:41 – Generational Openings & S-Curves 53:18 – AI, Automation, Jobs Ahead 01:02:42 – Escape Velocity: Zero to Wealth 01:07:07 – Outro & Disclaimer

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