ITM Trading, Released on 2/3/25

Bitcoin’s narrative of decentralized, anti-fiat, anti-government maverick ironically is the exact opposite of that,” says Matthew Piepenburg, Advisor & Partner at Matterhorn Asset Management AG. In an interview with Daniela Cambone, he argues that Bitcoin and Tether are not truly decentralized but part of a broader financial and intelligence strategy led by governments and central banks. On BRICS, he asserts that Donald Trump takes the economic bloc seriously, stating, “The tariffs warned or threatened against the BRICS are just confirmation that the US in general, not just Trump, is desperate and desperately concerned.” Watch the interview to learn how Matthew Piepenburg preserves his wealth during these unpredictable times.

00:00 Trump’s CBDC ban
5:59 Power behind crypto/bitcoin
11:39 De-dollarization
15:48 Stable coins vs bitcoin
17:57 BRICS
23:53 Threats against BRICS
28:00 Tariffs
30:46 Gold
38:30 Debt issues

Matthew Piepenburg began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001. Thereafter, he began investing his own and other HNW family funds into alternative investment vehicles while operating as a General Counsel, CIO and later Managing Director of a single and multi-family office. Matthew worked closely as well with Morgan Stanley’s hedge fund platform in building a multi-strat/multi-manager fund to better manage risk in a market backdrop of extreme central bank intervention/support. The conviction that precious metals provides the best protection against potential systemic risk led Matt to join Matterhorn Asset Management. Read Piepenburg’s writings here: https://goldswitzerland.com/author/ma…

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