BTC Sessions URGENT: What Every Bitcoiner Must Know About USA-Venezuela Chaos w Simon Dixon
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Jan 4, 2026 
Simon Dixon, an entrepreneur and Bitcoin commentator well-versed in geopolitics, breaks down the recent U.S. operation capturing Nicolás Maduro. He discusses Venezuela's potential $60 billion Bitcoin stash and how this event could signal shifts in global power dynamics. The conversation unveils the impacts of sanctions, oil resources, and the complexities of U.S. domestic policies tied to geopolitical maneuvers. Dixon also emphasizes the importance of self-custody for Bitcoiners and strategizing for a multipolar world.
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How Dollar Power Is Maintained
- The dollar's global power depends on a combined military, financial and technical industrial complex.
- Controlling energy, finance, and tech infrastructures secures resource access and sustains currency dominance.
Regime Change As A Resource Play
- Regime change is often preceded by financial weakening, sanctions, and media narratives to enable resource extraction.
- Covert operations and sanctioned corruption funnel resource rents back into corporate and state power structures.
Oil Flooding As An Inflation Tool
- Flooding oil supplies is a deliberate lever to lower energy costs and mask inflationary pressure.
- Venezuelan oil — roughly 305 billion barrels — represents a trillion-dollar-level strategic prize.
