Robert Breedlove
Robert Breedlove is a Bitcoin writer, entrepreneur and podcaster, founder of Parallax Digital, one of the co-authors of Thank God for Bitcoin, and host of WiM Media, which grew out of The “What is Money?” Show.
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2004–2017Accounting and Finance Career
Robert Breedlove studied accounting and finance as an undergraduate at the Haslam College of Business of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, from 2004 to 2008 and took a Master of Accountancy there in 2008–2009; he then worked as a finance and operations executive, serving as CFO of Skywire from 2014 to 2017 and COO and CFO of Carepoynt Consulting in 2016–2017.[1]
He was formerly an accountant and hedge fund manager before turning to entrepreneurship and writing in Bitcoin, which he regards as a humanitarian movement exposing central banking.[2]
2020Co-Authors Thank God for Bitcoin
In 2020, he co-wrote Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money with Jimmy Song, Gabe Higgins, Derek Waltchack, J.M. Bush, Julia Tourianski, Lyle Pratt and George Mekhail as the “Bitcoin And Bible Group,” published by Whispering Candle.[3]
The book grew out of a Bible and Bitcoin study group and aims to make a moral case for Bitcoin.[4]
January 2021Publishes an Open Letter to Ray Dalio
He published “An Open Letter to Ray Dalio re: Bitcoin” on Medium and elaborated on it on Anthony PomplianoAnthony PomplianoAnthony Pompliano (commonly known as “Pomp”) is an American investor, bitcoin advocate, and financial podcast host. He co-founded the investment firm Morgan Creek Digital Assets, and as of October 2026 he is Chairman and CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company Silvia, Inc. (formerly ProCap Financial) and runs the investment firm Professional Capital Management.Open the full entry’s show and in a Bitcoin Path episode released on January 29, 2021.[5]
April 17, 2021Appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast
On April 17, 2021, he appeared on episode 176 of the Lex FridmanLex FridmanLex Fridman is a Soviet-born, US-raised computer scientist and podcast host who works as an MIT research scientist on human-AI interaction and autonomous driving. His Lex Fridman Podcast is known for hours-long conversations with guests including heads of state and technology leaders.Open the full entry Podcast, titled “Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles,” which introduced him as a decentralized finance entrepreneur, philosopher and podcaster; topics included sovereignty, property, inflation, the nature of money, Bitcoin versus other cryptocurrencies, proof of work versus proof of stake, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.[6]
June 2021Speaks at Bitcoin 2021
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami on June 4–5, 2021, he joined a panel on “The Moral Case for Bitcoin” and gave a 15-minute pitch on sovereignism on June 5; he was then writing a book exploring the next chapter of the “Sovereign Individual” thesis.[7]
June 9, 2021BitClout Controversy
On June 9, 2021, he tweeted that he would spend a week looking into BitClout, and some in the community suspected him of pumping and dumping; he responded in an essay and donated his BitClout gains to Bitcoin’s core developers. That August, on Dennis Porter’s podcast, he said he should have disclosed his intentions more fully, said of leading others into an asset he had already sold at a profit “I think it is a problem,” and apologized.[8]
April 2022Joins “Becoming a Sovereign Individual” Panel at Bitcoin 2022
In April 2022, as founder and CEO of Parallax Digital, he joined Guy Swann, Pascal Gauthier, Parker Lewis and Matt Barkley on the Bitcoin 2022 panel “Becoming a Sovereign Individual,” saying “Bitcoin maximizes the sovereignty of those who use it.”[9]
As of October 2026: Hosts WiM Media
His YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel, now named WiM Media, carries The WiM Podcast he hosts; it began as The “What is Money?” Show, long-form conversations on the nature, history and philosophy of money, and WiM later expanded to “Wisdom, Intelligence, and Meaning.”[10]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
X: Public account: https://x.com/Breedlove22 (opens in a new window)[6]
YouTube: Public channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertBreedlove22 (opens in a new window)[10]
Parallax Digital: Official website: https://parallaxdigital.io/ (opens in a new window)[2]
Sources
- Robert Breedlove (opens in a new window)
- The Psychology of Money with Robert Breedlove (opens in a new window)
- Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money (opens in a new window)
- Thank God For Bitcoin (opens in a new window)
- #14 Robert Breedlove | An Open Letter to Ray Dalio Continued (opens in a new window)
- #176 - Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast (opens in a new window)
- Robert Breedlove On Bitcoin Philosophy And Bitcoin 2021 (opens in a new window)
- Robert Breedlove Breaks His Silence About The BitClout Fiasco (opens in a new window)
- Becoming A Sovereign Individual With Bitcoin Discussed At Bitcoin 2022 (opens in a new window)
- WiM Media - YouTube (opens in a new window)