Joe Rogan hosts The Joe Rogan Experience. Joe likens bitcoin and the early internet to Bitcoin. Noting that now the cryptocurrency is “a viable form of currency” that “You can actually buy things with,” he said, “the government is freaking out.”
Joe Rogan: Bitcoin and the Government
Joe Rogan is a well-known podcast host and the host of Joe Rogan Experience. He discussed bitcoin in his Tuesday show. This episode features an interview featuring Khalil Rountree Jr., UFC lightweight fighter.
The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the world’s most popular podcasts with a back catalog of more than 1,800 episodes — each receiving millions of views regularly. In February, The New York Times reported that Spotify paid over $200 million for Rogan’s podcast, which is now exclusively available on the platform.
“I think about bitcoin the same way I think about the early internet,” Rogan told Rountree. Noting that the government “didn’t see it coming,” he said:
Now it’s a viable form of currency. With it, you can buy items. It’s a panic attack by the government.
Then he shared what he expected the government to do. He also mentioned that the Obama administration tried to block the internet. However, “it fell apart because people were furious and uproared, and they thought the political repercussions of it were not worth it … so they backed off of it,” Rogan opined.
According to the popular podcaster, there will come a day when the government will create a central digital currency similar to that used by China. He stressed:
They are going to try to implement a digital currency — a centralized digital currency that they can control.
Rogan explained that what’s scary about the government’s centralized digital currency is that they can look at you and your behavior online and decide what you can and cannot spend your money on. Rogan warned that the government might allow people to travel but only spend their money on food.
In January, Rogan said that he “has a lot of hope” for cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin. However, he admitted at the time that he doesn’t understand it very well.
He opined at the time: “What we’re seeing right now is, it’s either going to fall apart completely or we’re going to use this as an opportunity to right the ship and come up with a better way to live our lives.”
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