🇨🇩 Understanding the significance of the 2025 Bitcoin Crash, Epstein File Drop & Congo Conflict | BitcoinHardTalk Episode 72

Introduction

Bitcoin wealth builders, welcome to BitcoinHardTalk Episode 72, where we break down the biggest Bitcoin crash since FTX, the release of the Epstein Files, and the broader implications of the Proof-of-Weapons Network on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and your financial sovereignty.

This Week in Bitcoin

The 2025 Bitcoin Crash: A Historical Perspective

If you’re experiencing your first major Bitcoin crash, welcome to the club. Those who’ve been around long enough know that Bitcoin is no stranger to extreme volatility. I’ve lived through every major Bitcoin collapse—from $30 to $3, from $20,000 to $3,000, and from $70,000 to $17,000. Now, Bitcoin has fallen from its all-time high of $109,000 to approximately $80,000, marking a 25% correction—a small dip in historical context.

Yet, despite the fear and uncertainty, history tells us that these market crashes are opportunities for accumulation rather than panic. Those who follow the long-term Bitcoin wealth-building strategy—owning more Bitcoin each month than the last—are playing the real game.

Lessons From the Bybit Hack: Self-Custody is King

The Bybit hack was not a Bitcoin issue—it was an issue of exchange risk and Ethereum-based multi-signature smart contracts. Bybit moved 30,000 ETH from cold storage, only for Lazarus to exploit a vulnerability, wiping out 400,000 ETH in the largest exchange theft ever recorded.

The lesson? Self-custody is the only real protection. Exchanges, custodians, and derivative-fueled manipulation expose investors to unnecessary risks. Those still using exchanges as “storage” must rethink their strategies before becoming exit liquidity for institutional players like BlackRock and Citadel. If your using a custodian don’t use an exchange, use a qualified custodian setup for storage only. 

This Week in Macro

The Epstein Files: Proof-of-Weapons Network Exposed

The 2025 Epstein File Drop has confirmed what many already knew: Jeffrey Epstein was a tool of the Proof-of-Weapons Network—a state-sponsored blackmail operation run by intelligence agency Mossad to manipulate global power structures.

This week’s revelations expose Epstein’s deep ties to intelligence-backed lobbying networks and Mossad’s role in running blackmail rings that ensured political and corporate obedience to the fiat Ponzi scheme. The strategic release of these files is raising questions about whether this is controlled disclosure or an actual exposure of the system.

The direction this takes could define the future of geopolitics. If Epstein’s connections to Israel are fully exposed, there is a chance for a real deconstruction of the system and possibly peace in the Middle East. If, however, the cover-up continues, the U.S. could be forced into war with Iran, accelerating its decline while China consolidates its AI dominance.

This Week in Geopolitics

The Battle for Congo: A War Over Resources

On January 25, Rwanda launched an invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sending thousands of soldiers across the border with support from the M23 militia group. The result was swift and brutal: 7,000 killed, 700,000 displaced, and yet the Western media has largely ignored the catastrophe. This humanitarian crisis, which dwarfs recent conflicts in media attention, is being treated as an afterthought. Why?

At the core of this conflict is the global race for resources. Rwanda, acting as a Western proxy, is extracting and exporting billions in stolen gold, tin, and coltan—critical materials needed for smartphones, AI, and robotics. The biggest recipients of these stolen resources? The U.S., EU, Japan, South Korea, and Intel. Despite having no significant natural resources of its own, Rwanda has become a major global exporter of coltan—because it is smuggling it out of the DRC under the protection of international alliances.

This is not a new phenomenon. The last time Rwanda and Uganda plundered the DRC, it led to what was called Africa’s World War in 1998, killing over 3 million people. Once again, history appears to be repeating itself, with Western interests ensuring that the looting continues under the guise of regional security operations.

The Global Resource Grab and the Fiat Ponzi Scheme

The war in the DRC is not happening in isolation. It is part of the same Proof-of-Weapons Network that fuels conflicts in Ukraine, Palestine, and across Africa. The same actors funding proxy wars in these regions are ensuring global resource control remains in Western hands—all while keeping the fiat Ponzi scheme alive.

For decades, the USD and EUR have been propped up by war and resource theft, forcing countries into debt slaverythrough the IMF and World Bank. The petrodollar may be declining, but its replacement—control over rare earth minerals and AI-driven economies—is already being shaped. America is retreating from endless wars, but not from economic control. The future of dominance will be dictated by who controls energy, rare earth minerals, and data centers.

The U.S. Retreat and the AI Power Shift

With Trump hinting that Fort Knox’s gold reserves may not exist, the U.S. is openly shifting to a new strategy: weakening the dollar to onshore manufacturing and dominate AI development. This transition is already unfolding behind the scenes:

• Russia is offering rare earth deals to the U.S., signaling a shift in global power alliances.
• Brazil’s BRICS leadership is actively working to exit the U.S. dollar.
• Elon Musk is allegedly in talks with Putin on AI collaboration.
• Europe faces a defining choice: normalize relations with Russia or become a U.S. economic pawn.

This is no longer just a battle of fiat currency versus Bitcoin. It is a fight for who controls the digital future, with AI, robotics, and energy infrastructure shaping the world order. America’s next moves will determine whether it maintains control or loses ground to China, BRICS, and the rising global South.

Final Thoughts

In a world where central banks are failing, governments are weaponizing finance, and wars are being fought over AI and energy, Bitcoin remains the only true hedge against economic collapse. As legacy institutions collapse under their own weight, the only question that matters is: How much Bitcoin do you have?

Do not trade. Do not leverage. Do not hold Bitcoin on exchanges. Just stack more Bitcoin every month than the last, and watch as the old system crumbles under its own corruption.

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This blog was generated with the assistance of AI and is based on the content presented by Simon Dixon in BitcoinHardTalk Episode 72. The episode, which exceeded two hours in length, covered Simon Dixon’s analysis of the 2025 Bitcoin crash, the release of the Epstein Files, and the broader implications of the Proof-of-Weapons Network on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and financial sovereignty.

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