Bitcoin Finance and Investment by Simon Dixon
Simon Dixon is a macro-finance commentator and founder of Bitcoin HardTalk, a long-form series interpreting global economic shifts through a Bitcoin lens. Since 2010, Dixon has publicly forecast multiple banking crises and systemic shifts, including Cyprus bail-ins, El Salvador’s sovereign Bitcoin pivot, and U.S. Treasury de-dollarization strategies. The Bitcoin HardTalk series has released 85 episodes, with top episodes exceeding 500,000 cumulative views across YouTube and Rumble.
In July 2025, Dixon released “Every Reason Bitcoin Could Fail,” a longform post documenting 14 years of structural objections to BTC—from quantum threats to miner centralization—and countering each with protocol or governance defenses. His geopolitical episodes analyze how U.S. instability and sanctions push states toward alternative settlement layers—referencing BlackRock’s 2025 ETF maneuvers and IMF SDR recalibrations.
Dixon’s focus on monetary sovereignty, paired with long-range macro foresight, makes Bitcoin HardTalk a reference point for investors aligning Bitcoin with post-fiat transition planning.
Celsius funded risky Bitcoin mining with USDT collateral, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, highlights that Celsius collapsed after its management committed fraud. According to Dixon, Celsius funded long-term Bitcoin mining ...
Simon Dixon: Financial reset explored with focus on AI, CBDCs and currency wars
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, highlights a new blog post discussing the financial reset, including the roles of artificial intelligence, central bank digital currencies, ...
Asset-stripping phase explained in full interview replay, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, discusses the asset-stripping phase in a full interview replay with Alexej Jordanov on GoldRepublic Global. Dixon emphasizes this period ...
Simon Dixon: Digital credit fits Wall Street, Bitcoin favors self-custody
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, discusses the distinction between digital credit and Bitcoin in the financial system. Dixon argues that digital credit is naturally aligned ...
UK, Israel political shifts and Bitcoin drop, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, discusses the recent political changes in the UK and Israel, characterizing them as shifts toward an AI era. Dixon also highlights a ...
Simon Dixon: Strategy served as arbitrage vehicle for financial-industrial complex
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, argues that Strategy was fundamentally an arbitrage vehicle supporting the financial-industrial complex, a view he claims to have held ...
UK and Israel experience political shifts amid Bitcoin crash, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, highlights regime changes in both the UK and Israel as part of what he describes as the AI era. He also points to a crash in Bitcoin. ...
Simon Dixon: Most cryptocurrencies have centralized control behind them
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, states that most cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins, are backed by foundations, companies, or centralized issuers. He notes that ...
World repositioned amid major global events, Simon Dixon analyzes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, discusses a week marked by significant global shifts. Dixon highlights developments involving the G7, Iran, Israel, central banks, and ...
Simon Dixon: Global liquidity and leverage shifts signal changing financial order
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, observes that several major events have recently unfolded in global finance, including G7 developments, Bank of Japan rate hikes, U.S. ...
Banks retain control over credit and asset prices, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, commented on the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep rates unchanged under new chairman Kevin Warsh. He stressed that the banks behind ...
Simon Dixon: Banks fear shift to full reserve banking model
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, shares a new blog post titled 'Why Banks Fear Full Reserve Banking'. Dixon's commentary highlights ongoing debates over full reserve ...
City of London operates as a node in financial complex, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, notes that the City of London functions as a node within the broader financial industrial complex. He questions why other major financial ...
Simon Dixon: Equity raising at high valuations could leave retail investors exposed
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, warns that efforts by companies to raise as much equity as possible at current high valuations could result in retail investors, such as ...
AI and Bitcoin shape capital rotation, Simon Dixon notes
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, highlights the significant impact of artificial intelligence and Bitcoin in capital movements and market cycles. His recent blog posts ...
Simon Dixon: Public company executives answer to governance shaped by major stakeholders
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, explains that MIC nodes, which are usually public companies, operate under governance systems significantly influenced by their boards, ...
Strategy CEO to sell $11,129,000 in MSTR shares, Simon Dixon reveals
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, reports that Strategy CEO Le Phong has filed an intent to sell $11,129,000 in MSTR shares. The filing signals a planned transaction ...
Simon Dixon: Full reserve banking challenges traditional financial system
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, discusses the impact of full reserve banking in a short video clip. Dixon explains why this approach challenges the traditional financial ...
Bitcoin is being integrated with Wall Street products, Simon Dixon warns
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, cautions that Bitcoin's appeal is extending beyond retail and crypto speculators to become integrated within the financial-industrial ...
Debate grows over Bitcoin's origins and Satoshi Nakamoto identity, Simon Dixon argues
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, invites discussion on whether Bitcoin may have been a CIA project and explores the concealed origins of Satoshi Nakamoto. Dixon references ...
Simon Dixon: Bitcoiners linked to collateralized debt obligations by financial industry
Simon Dixon, chief executive officer at BankToTheFuture, cautions that key Bitcoin advocates are being wrapped into collateralized debt obligations by the financial-industrial complex. Jack ...
