🇺🇸 🇦🇪 🇨🇳 Energy, Sovereign Wealth & the Bitcoin Arms Race | BitcoinHardTalk Episode 74

This week saw a major strategic investment in Binance from one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, carrying significant implications. Meanwhile, markets faced a sharp correction across stocks, oil, and crypto, as escalations intensified in Syria, Palestine, and Ukraine.

Energy, Sovereign Wealth & the Bitcoin Arms Race | BitcoinHardTalk Ep. 74 with Simon Dixon

The Bitcoin arms race has begun—and sovereign wealth funds are making their move. In this episode of BitcoinHardTalk, Simon Dixon breaks down how Abu Dhabi’s $2 billion investment in Binance signals a major shift in global financial power.

🚀 In This Episode Simon Dixon covers:

This Week in Bitcoin & CBDCs:
🇺🇸🇦🇪🇨🇳🇪🇺 Abu Dhabi makes a bold investment in Binance, the US clarifies building its Bitcoin strategic reserves, and the ECB sets a deadline for launching its Central Bank Digital Currency. We’ll break down the implications for the global financial system.

This Week in Macro:
🇺🇸🇪🇺 Tariffs are flying, stock markets are tumbling, oil prices have plunged, and currency valuations are shifting—yet U.S. inflation came in lower than expected. What’s really happening in the global economy? We’ll dissect the key trends.

This Week in Geopolitics:
🇸🇾🇺🇦🇵🇸 Syria’s proxy government faces deeper instability, a Ukraine ceasefire proposal emerges from the US, and Gaza enters its 13th day of a starvation campaign. We’ll dive into the geopolitical consequences shaping the world.

Timestamp:
0:00 Introduction
2:10 This Week in Bitcoin
1:09:20 This Week in Macro
1:52:21 This Week in GeoPolitics

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