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The Bitcoin Arms Race, U.S. Strategic Advantage, and a Changing World Order with Matthew Pines

May 16, 2025

Matthew Pines, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, joins Jackson Mikalic, Brian Cubellis, and Michael Tanguma to break down the emerging global Bitcoin arms race following Trump's first major overseas visit to Saudi Arabia. Matt covers the strategic investment forum in the Gulf, the U.S. strategic advantage in accumulating Bitcoin early, and how Bitbonds and other budget-neutral mechanisms could fund sovereign Bitcoin reserves. The conversation expands into the geopolitical implications of Bitcoin adoption at the state and nation-state level, and why the changing world order makes Bitcoin a national security asset. Matt closes with a call for Bitcoiners to organize politically and make their presence felt as a growing force in civic life.

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