What Bitcoin Did Bitcoin and the End of Financial Repression | Alex Gladstein
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Oct 27, 2025 
Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author, discusses Bitcoin as a revolutionary tool for human rights. He explains how money has shifted from freedom to control, with Bitcoin capable of reversing financial repression used by authoritarian regimes. Gladstein shares insights from his travels and meetings in Southeast Asia, highlighting Bitcoin's role in empowering activists. He contrasts Bitcoin's potential for freedom against stablecoins, which he argues strengthen state power, reinforcing the idea that Bitcoin is more than a financial asset—it's freedom money.
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Practical Steps For Censorship-Resistant Money
- Start with self-custody and collaborative custody options to protect funds.
- Avoid KYC exchanges when operational security and censorship-resistance matter.
Learn Before You Deploy Funds
- Learn Bitcoin basics through focused workshops and webinars before deploying funds.
- Use human-rights oriented training (e.g., HRF webinars, BTC Sessions) to operationalize use safely.
Digital Money Enables Modern Financial Repression
- Modern digital money made exhaustive surveillance and financial control possible at scale.
- Bitcoin reverses that trend by offering a permissionless monetary alternative that reduces state tracking power.
