Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code IMPACT at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/impact Ketone IQ: Visit https://ketone.com/IMPACT for 30% OFF your subscription order Welcome back to another episode of Impact Theory. Former investment banker Simon Dixon breaks down BlackRock's Aladdin platform, why he calls central banking a structural Ponzi scheme, the three power structures he believes sit above governments — and who he thinks created Bitcoin. UPDATE (July 2026): BlackRock reported a record $15.34 trillion in assets under management in Q2 2026 — larger than the GDP of every country on earth except the United States and China. Aladdin's technology revenue grew 13% year over year, and the platform is expanding onto AWS in the second half of 2026, with Amazon's own corporate treasury set to run its global portfolio on it. Simon laid out where he thinks this leads back in May. Chapters below. Simon Dixon spent years inside investment banking before walking away from it entirely. His argument is that the financial system isn't broken — it's working exactly as designed, and the design isn't the one most people were taught. In this conversation he makes the case that wars are driven by revenue rather than ideology, that politicians audition rather than govern, and that the most consequential institution in global finance is one most people have never heard of. He walks through how BlackRock's Aladdin platform sits underneath a scale of capital that rivals national economies, why he considers central banking structurally unsound, how sovereign wealth funds and transnational capital compete for control beneath the surface of politics, and why he believes the person who created Bitcoin is no longer alive. Tom pushes back throughout. Whether or not you land where Simon does, this is the clearest available map of how the financial, military, and technological industrial complexes actually interlock — and what individuals can realistically do about it. Simon Dixon: https://x.com/SimonDixon_ SimonDixon.com CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:33 The power structures Simon believes control the world 27:00 How financial networks wield influence 40:41 Simon's view on weapons testing and Gaza 52:39 Origins of the financial industrial complex 01:05:19 Understanding global power dynamics 01:14:17 The 1953 CIA coup in Iran, and the parallel Simon draws today 01:32:03 China's role in a multipolar world 01:41:56 How US energy independence backfired 02:01:47 Decentralization vs centralization: the currency debate 02:14:05 Who Simon thinks Satoshi was Sign up for my AI Masterclass: https://tombilyeu.com/ai-masterclass Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2vTIOb7gC9dusE4b?si=a8daffd2bf1f48fd Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tom-bilyeus-impact-theory/id1191775648 Do you need my help? STARTING a business: join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (https://twitch.tv/tombilyeu) Link to IT discord: https://discord.gg/TZKJ2etPbT Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu