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Episode Title: The Dollar’s Last War: The End of Bretton Woods | SimonDixonHardTalk LIVE | 20th February 2026

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Episode Overview: Welcome to a special, two-part episode of Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE. This week, Simon breaks down the historic shift happening in the global financial system: the end of the Bretton Woods era and the U.S. dollar's transition away from being the undisputed global hegemon .

In Part 1, Simon maps out the "Dollar's Final Three Acts," detailing Wall Street's accumulation of Bitcoin, the hidden distress in the repo markets, and the geopolitical realignment in the Middle East . 

In Part 2, Simon shares a profound, wide-ranging interview with Efrat Fenigson, an Israeli podcaster and ex-IDF soldier  . Together, they explore the "market making of war," the three complexes that rule the world, and what it truly means to stay sovereign in an era of manufactured conflict  .

In This Episode:

Part 1: The Dollar’s Final Three Acts 

• Act 1: The Programmable Dollar & Bitcoin Accumulation. How the financial-industrial complex is suppressing Bitcoin's price to accumulate it, while simultaneously building an Orwellian surveillance state through the Clarity Act, the Genius Act, and programmable stablecoins  .

• Act 2: The Debt Rollover Strategy (Stealth QE). A breakdown of the severe distress in the U.S. repo market. Simon uses an analysis from Infranomics to explain how a $216 billion Treasury auction drained system liquidity, forcing the Fed to digitally print $8 billion to bail out highly leveraged hedge funds engaged in the "basis trade"  .

• Act 3: Propping Up the Dollar & The "Border Peace". Simon analyzes the geopolitical shift in the Middle East. He reacts to the viral "Gaza Rebirth" framework presented by Jared Kushner, explaining how the military-industrial complex profits from destruction, the financial-industrial complex profits from the rebuild, and the technical-industrial complex profits from the resulting surveillance state  .

Part 2: Sovereignty in a World of Manufactured War (Interview with Efrat Fenigson) 

• Simon's Origin Story: How the dot-com crash wiped out his father's savings, sparking his 26-year mission to uncover how the rigged financial system actually works  .

• The Illusion of the Public Markets: Why Simon left traditional finance, his realization that regulators block full-reserve banking, and his early days investing in over 100 Bitcoin companies  .

• The Three Complexes: A deep dive into the Financial-Industrial, Military-Industrial, and Technological-Industrial complexes, and how transnational capital uses debt and war to control the masses  .

• Israel, October 7th & Geopolitics: Efrat and Simon discuss the painful realities of how world leaders act as middle-management for power, how wars are manufactured for profit, and their shared perspectives on the events of October 7th  .

• The Ultimate Exit: Why true freedom cannot be achieved politically, and how absolute self-custody of Bitcoin is the only way to genuinely opt out and boycott the system.

About the Guest: Efrat Fenigson is an Israeli podcaster, tech and marketing professional, and a former IDF soldier. She is the host of the "You're the Voice" podcast. Drawing from her lived experience, she frequently speaks out about the "market-making of war" and geopolitical propaganda.

Resources Mentioned:

• Bank to the Future: Protect Your Future Before Governments Go Bust by Simon Dixon 

• The Infranomics analysis on the Repo Market Crisis  

• The Disclose.tv/Jared Kushner "Gaza Rebirth" presentation video  

• Simon's documentary recommendations: The Money Masters by Bill Still, and Emperor on Mars by Ryan Dawson.

Read the blog: https://www.simondixon.com/blog/the-dollars-last-war-end-of-bretton-woods