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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#685: Why Bitcoin Policy Activism Matters Now with Kyle Olney

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Kyle Olney to discuss his journey from seizing banks during the financial crisis to becoming a Bitcoin policy advocate, the urgent fight against financial surveillance through the Bank Secrecy Act, and the critical importance of grassroots activism in defending self-custodial Bitcoin rights.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their

0:23.5

currency, Bitcoin wins. In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.8

If you're not paying attention, he probably should be.

0:36.4

Kyle, off the plane.

0:38.3

Uber to Presidio, checking at the lodge.

0:42.3

Can't talk about why I'm here.

0:44.3

So we'll start over.

0:45.3

Kyle, off the plane, straight to Presidio Bitcoin.

0:49.3

And we got introduced to each other yesterday, Vitax.

0:52.3

Formally, yeah, yeah.

0:53.3

Long time listener, a big fan, and we've also

0:56.6

both been in the community for a long time. But yeah, first time meeting in person. COVID, I think,

1:01.8

put five plus years on pretty much everybody getting to meet one another. So it's great to finally meet

1:07.4

you in person. You as well, like I was telling you my last time in s f was

1:10.9

2019 so it's been six years and a lot of change since then actually the last time i was in s f

1:17.5

my producer's going to get pissed because he hates when i started out with dad talk but i found out

1:21.5

my wife was pregnant with our first son so wow very special very special city for me in that way

1:26.6

yeah well welcome back.

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