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The Glenn Beck Program

Ep 164 | The REAL Story Behind the FTX Scandal | Marty Bent | The Glenn Beck Podcast

The Glenn Beck Program

Mercury Radio Arts

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.625.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On the surface, it appeared the FTX scandal involving Sam Bankman-Fried created yet another crisis for cryptocurrency. But that’s not the real story. On this episode of "The Glenn Beck Podcast," Glenn gets a “Bitcoin for Dummies” guide from Marty Bent, who explains what actually happened with FTX and where he believes the markets will go from here. Marty has devoted his career to safeguarding financial freedom from the tyranny of the government and elites — a major focus of his newsletter “Marty’s Bent” and podcasts including “Tales from the Crypt.” He’s critical of the globalist vision for our financial future, which he sees as the result of a “progressive” movement to get rid of God. And he warns that the FTX scandal could make a convenient excuse for centralizing Bitcoin and ushering in more state control, mass surveillance, ESG, and social credit scores. In fact, the Federal Reserve’s push for a digital dollar has already begun … SPONSORS: Forget the high prices and low quality of the grocery store: This is your chance to inflation-proof your meat budget with Good Ranchers’ Black Friday savings, including $70 of free USDA CHOICE steaks, and an additional $25 on every box when you subscribe. Go to https://GOODRANCHERS.COM/GLENN or use the code “GLENN” at checkout to grab their best offer of the year.   Whether it’s a refinance of your mortgage at a lower interest rate, or a consolidation loan to get you out from under things like those high-interest credit card bills – or some other type of loan entirely – American Financing is here for you. Call American Financing at 800-906-2440 or go to https://AmericanFinancing.net If you're one of the millions of Americans who suffer every day from pain, there is hope, and it comes in the form of Relief Factor. If you want a drug-free and natural way to get your life back, go to https://ReliefFactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF to get the $19.95 3-week quick start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

My guest today is a significant threat to the globalist vision of our financial future.

0:06.5

This vision is something that progressives have only been able to dream about in the past.

0:12.1

But technology has caught up to their wildest fantasies of control.

0:17.7

They envision a near-term future in which the greatest means of control over you,

0:24.3

your money, can be turned on and off like a tap.

0:29.5

When your money is fully digitized under government control,

0:33.9

every transaction, no matter how small it will be, will be monitored and logged.

0:40.1

And if you say the wrong thing, support the wrong cause,

0:43.5

associate with the wrong person or group, you will be brought back in line

0:48.3

when the access to your own money is denied.

0:52.1

My guest is a threat to this progressive globalist design

0:55.7

because he dares to believe in the fundamental American view

1:00.1

that individual freedom is a good thing.

1:03.6

He has this crazy notion that you should be able to control your own money,

1:07.6

that money in a way is speech.

1:10.4

He is a threat to their design because his whole career has been devoted to building away

1:16.6

to maintain financial freedom in the face of governments drunk on power and control.

1:23.0

He believes the best way to do this is Bitcoin.

1:26.4

To that end, he founded TFTC.io, a media company focused on Bitcoin and freedom in the digital age.

1:36.0

He's a partner at 1031, a leading investment platform focused exclusively on investing

1:42.7

in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

1:45.0

He is also the host of tales from the crypt and the co-host of Rabbit Hole Recap,

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