The Bitcoin Matrix
Let's explore Bitcoin, the future of money and the social, cultural, economical and philosophical implications of this new technology. Hosted by Cedric Youngelman.
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Bitcoin, Stoicism, and Time’s Edge
<p>Nobody told Connor Dolan that the Stoics figured out Bitcoin 2,000 years before Satoshi — but after a year of research, he proved it.</p> <p>Connor Dolan — VP of Enterprise Sales at Unchained, former BlackRock and Capital Group — joins The Bitcoin Matrix to break down why Bitcoin and Stoicism are the two most powerful forces shaping how we think about time, money, and how to actually live.</p> <p>We cover why Bitcoin is the MAP and Stoicism is the COMPASS, how a plastic yellow piggy bank on a kitchen counter started Connor's lifelong obsession with money, why the most educat...
Bitcoin's iPhone Moment — STRC & the Conversion of the Financial System
<p>Nobody could explain how we get from today to a Bitcoin Standard — until now.</p> <p>MarylandHODL21 and Cris Reed join The Bitcoin Matrix to break down STRC, Strategy's capital flywheel, and why very few people understand what's actually happening in the financial system right now. </p> <p>We cover why STRC is Bitcoin's iPhone moment, how two financial systems are running simultaneously, the apex carry trade, why real inflation is closer to 8% and what that does to every "safe" instrument you own, the M-NAV cycle and how Sailor is managing it, and how the bridge from fiat to Bi...
Peruvian Bull - 2026 Is Already Breaking Every Rule: Here's What Comes Next
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Roberto Rios aka Peruvian Bull, and he didn’t come to play it safe. Fresh off breaking news the morning of recording, we kick things off with the Jane Street manipulation lawsuit and what it might mean for Bitcoin price action. </p> <p>We cover the terrifying thesis of The Great Taking, why you may not actually own the stocks in your brokerage account, China’s secret gold accumulation strategy and what it signals about the dollar’s future, the slow-motion collapse of Japan’s bond market, and how silver is finally breaking...
Tony Yazbeck - A Collapse Survivor's Warning About War, Banks & Bitcoin
<p>After watching Lebanese banks steal his life savings overnight, Tony Yazbeck went from cybersecurity veteran to full-on Bitcoin sovereignty advocate. Now as co-founder of The Bitcoin Way, he’s on a mission to make sure what happened to him doesn’t happen to you. </p> <p>This conversation gets real, we’re talking bank collapses, self-custody, opting out of the system entirely, and why proper Bitcoin education might be the most important thing you do in 2026. </p> <p>––– Offers & Discounts ––– </p> <p>🔐 Stamp Seed - Never loose your Seedphrase </p> <p>Fireproof, crushproof and non-corrosive </p> <p>Get 15% off - Use code: MATRIX...
Tom Luongo - Controlled Opposition, Bitcoin and Why America Is Already at War
<p>In this episode, I’m sitting down with Tom Luongo for the sixth time, and he makes a bold case: the chaos you’re watching in Western politics, the wars, the censorship, the financial pressure, it doesn’t trace back to China, it doesn’t trace back to Russia. It traces back to Europe. And specifically to a colonial power structure that never really let go.</p> <p>We’re diving into why Trump’s second term is less about one man and more about a historic battle over who actually controls American monetary and foreign policy. This one goes deep in...
Joe Burnett - AI Singularity & Bitcoin
<p>In this episode, I’m sitting down with Joe Burnett for the fourth time to discuss his piece “The Singularity Has Begun” and this might just be our most important conversation yet.</p> <p>Joe makes a bold case: as intelligence becomes abundant and essentially free, wealth itself starts to melt. When AI models write their own code and you can spin up a trillion Albert Einsteins on demand, what happens to your savings? Your assets? Everything you’ve worked for?</p> <p>This goes deep into scarcity, abundance, money, and what it means to preserve wealth in a world be...
Andy Schoonover - Turning Healthcare Into Bitcoin Circularity
<p>In this episode, I'm chatting with Andy Schoonover, the founder and CEO of CrowdHealth, a revolutionary community-powered alternative to health insurance that’s helping thousands of people fund their healthcare through crowdfunding, not corporate middlemen.</p> <p>But here’s where it gets really interesting: Andy’s not just disrupting healthcare, he’s building Bitcoin circularity into the system, working with major hospital networks to accept Bitcoin payments and create a parallel economy where your healthcare dollars never touch the broken fiat system.</p> <p>In this conversation, we dive deep into medical freedom, why the insurance industry is fundamen...
Dave Collum - Fourth Turning Meets Market Collapse
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Dave Collum. We dive deep into why the financial legends who warned us about insane market bubbles back in 2015 might not have been wrong – they might have just been early. We’re talking about an economy at 35,000 feet with its engines on fire, and the solution has been to climb to 45,000 feet. That doesn’t fix the problem.</p> <p>This is raw, unfiltered truth about corruption, fake jobs, market insanity, and why keeping your head on a swivel has never been more important.</p> <p>––– Offers & Discounts –––</p> <p>🏥 CrowdHealth - Ditch your fiat healt...
Beau Turner - The Truth About Bitcoin Mining
<p>In this episode, I’m sitting down with Beau Turner, co-founder and CEO of Abundant Mines. What starts as a conversation about mining quickly becomes something bigger: a deep exploration of what it means to convert energy into sovereignty. Beau’s path here wasn’t easy. From real estate empires to catastrophic losses in sketchy mining operations. Now he’s on the other side, helping everyday investors participate in something that was once reserved for industrial giants. This isn’t just about hash rate and electricity costs. It’s about conviction. It’s about understanding that while everyone else is chasing nar...
Lauren Rodriguez - The Samurai Wallet Story
<p>In this episode, I chat with Lauren Rodriguez, wife of Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the privacy-focused Samurai Wallet, about her family’s harrowing journey through the U.S. justice system. Keonne was indicted by the DOJ and sentenced to five years in federal prison for developing non-custodial Bitcoin privacy tools. Lauren walks us through the shocking pre-dawn FBI raid, the trial that never happened, the political motivations behind the charges, and the personal toll of what she believes is a deeply unjust prosecution. </p> <p>We dive into the philosophical fight for privacy, the role of open-source software, and th...
