2025-11-16 Why Bitcoin, Gold, and the AI Bubble Signal a Financial Reset

2025-11-16 Why Bitcoin, Gold, and the AI Bubble Signal a Financial Reset

Author: Dennis Tubbergen November 16, 2025 Duration: 38:31
End Game for Fiat: Why Bitcoin, Gold, and the AI Bubble Signal a Financial Reset In this eye-opening episode, Dennis Tubbergen sits down with Mark Jeftovic, publisher of The Bitcoin Capitalist, to dissect the warning signs flashing across financial markets. From OpenAI's shocking hints at government bailouts exposing the AI bubble, to bond yields defying Federal Reserve rate cuts for the first time in modern history, the traditional playbook is breaking down. Jeftovic explains why gold and Bitcoin are the "V-2 engine of sound money," reveals the emerging "stablecoin standard" that's creating new buyers for US debt, and warns that $78 trillion in private debt combined with margin debt exceeding $1 trillion has set a ticking time bomb. With 40% of Americans now living paycheck to paycheck and the Fed returning to its only remaining playbook—printing money—this conversation delivers crucial insights on navigating the coming stagflationary storm. Jeftovic shares practical allocation strategies for crypto, precious metals, and tokenized assets that every investor needs to hear before the great unraveling accelerates. Mark E. Jeftovic Mark is a 30-year veteran of the Internet, the co-founder & CEO of easyDNS Technologies, a Toronto-based web services company, and the author of two books about the internet; Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Cancel-Culture, and Deplatform Attacks, and other Online Disasters. Additionally, Jeftovic authors the blog site bombthrower.com and The CryptoCapitalist Newsletter. To learn more about Mark Jeftovic please visit www.thecryptocapitalist.com or take advantage of his trial newsletter offer at http://www.thecryptocapitalist.com/tubbergen. To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.

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Duration: 45:09
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Duration: 44:14
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2021-01-24 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Harry Dent [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:12
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2021-01-17 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Simon Popple [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:05
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2021-01-03 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ John Rubino [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:13
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2020-12-27 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Dr. Robert McHugh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:04
“The stock market's real, inflation-adjusted top, really occurred back in 2000. So most of what we've seen since then is just hyperinflation from the printing of dollars. There's a pattern that we're tracking…I call it t…
2020-12-13 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ John Williams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:12
Cash and money in people's checking accounts are up 51% year over year. That's a record. Returning guest this week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates radio, John Williams and your host Dennis Tubbergen discuss this trend…
2020-12-06 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Michael Oliver [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:46
Could we see Gold hit $8000 plus in 2021? Our guest this week on Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio, Mr. Jay Michael Oliver, says that given the continued degradation of money units by central banks abroad and the aggr…
2020-11-29 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Ed Butowsky [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:13
The government gravely underestimates the national rate of inflation via the CPI, a number plagued with bias and statistical manipulation. It is universally assumed that the government’s rate of inflation is accurate, bu…