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The Becoming Sovereign Podcast
This Entrepreneur Quit Everything to Fight the Death Economy
By Sovreign
Aired Jun 23, 2025 · 1h 14m · Last boosted Jun 30, 2025
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Bitcoin isn’t just a financial hedge—it’s a moral stand. In this episode, I’m joined by John Balkam, Sovereign’s new VP and former founder of Third Win Group, to unpack his radical journey from sports marketing into the heart of the Bitcoin revolution. We cover: How reading The Bitcoin Standard transformed John’s lifeWhat he learned running a startup during the inflationary chaos of 2020–2022Why he started stacking Bitcoin as a business strategyHis powerful critique of fiat through the lens of John Perkins’ Confessions of an Economic HitmanThe four pillars of the “death economy” and...
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