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Hey hey Sovereign Wealth Builders.

Simon Dixon here.

Welcome to the very first episode of Simon Dixon Hard Talk.

Originally published on the 20th of January 2020, I am thrilled to share that, as of 27th March 2026, this  episode has now crossed over 104,000 views on my YouTube channel. 

Over my 20 years in economics, banking, and Bitcoin, I've realized the danger of simply talking to the already converted .

To truly strengthen our convictions, we need to step outside of our echo chamber and challenge our beliefs by speaking with the greatest minds from the traditional financial world.  

That is exactly why my very first guest is legendary billionaire investor Jim Rogers .

Jim is the co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros, a highly successful commodities trader, and a two-time Guinness World Record holder who traveled over 340,000 miles across 116 countries.  

I first met Jim on a tour in China, and I've long admired his investment approach of finding cheap assets in game-changing scenarios.  

I brought Jim on the show because he recently stated that he believes Bitcoin is going to zero, and I wanted to dive deep into exactly why he sees things so differently from us.

In this episode, we discuss: 

• The "Cash is King" dilemma: Why Jim is heavily holding US Dollars as a safe haven right now, despite acknowledging that the United States is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world  .
• The global bond bubble: Why Jim believes interest rates are in a historic bubble, and why he is looking at commodities and agriculture—like sugar, which is down 80% from its all-time high—as the cheapest asset class available .
• Why Jim predicts Bitcoin will go to zero: Jim's stark warning that governments will make alternative currencies an act of treason because "they have the guns" and desire the total surveillance control that their own centralized computer money provides  .
• Gold vs. Bitcoin: Why Jim prefers having physical gold and silver in his pocket over a digital asset that requires the internet and electricity to function during a crisis

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