Unemployable The Days of Owning REAL Bitcoin are Almost Over.
Sep 21, 2025
Tony Yazbeck, a cybersecurity expert and founder of The Bitcoin Way, shares his transformative journey from losing savings in the Beirut banking collapse to advocating for Bitcoin sovereignty. He debunks viral misinformation, emphasizing the risks of centralized custody and ETFs in the co-optation of Bitcoin. Yazbeck warns of impending financial crises in Western nations, stressing the urgency of self-custody and privacy tools. He highlights Bitcoin as a stable savings technology and calls for protecting personal privacy as a foundational principle.
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Co‑Optation Through Embrace
- Governments learned head-on bans fail, so they attempt to "embrace" Bitcoin via ETFs and centralized custody to maintain control.
- This strategy preserves dependency on institutions while capturing Bitcoin's market price.
Don't Treat Stablecoins As Sovereign Money
- Treat stablecoins and private tokens as centralized and jurisdiction-bound; do not assume they provide true censorship resistance.
- Expect governments to compel compliant issuers to block users or freeze funds when politically motivated.
Bitcoin As A Survival Tool
- Tony recounts living hour-to-hour after Beirut and how Bitcoin provided a lifeline for basic survival, not just investment gains.
- Millions worldwide use Bitcoin as daily money, proving peer‑to‑peer use gives the network real value.