465: When Money Isn’t Safe: Bitcoin, History, and Financial Sovereignty with Josh Varon

465: When Money Isn’t Safe: Bitcoin, History, and Financial Sovereignty with Josh Varon

April 29, 2026 · 59 min

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The episode discusses the implications of Bitcoin and financial sovereignty through the lens of Jewish history with guest Josh Varon.

B”H Claim 25% in the course Bitcoin and the Future: Why Jewish History Makes This Technology Impossible to Ignore at yaeltrusch.com/bhforbitcoin with code jewishmoneymatters . We spend so much time learning how to earn money, how to invest it, how to grow our wealth. But how often do we actually stop and ask: Is my money really mine? And I don’t mean that in a philosophical or spiritual sense. I mean it in a very real, practical way. Because when you start looking at government policies, inflation, and at what’s happened throughout history—especially Jewish history—it kind of forces you to think about money a little differently. That’s what this conversation is really about. Yes, we’re talking about Bitcoin—but not in the way you might be used to hearing about it. This is not a hype conversation. It’s not about jumping on a trend or getting rich quick. We’re talking about something much deeper: money, ownership, and what we can learn from both financial systems and Jewish history about protecting what we have. All with Josh Varon, the founder of BH for Bitcoin—an educational platform where he teaches Bitcoin through both a practical and a Jewish lens. In this episode, Josh…

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