Meeting Bitcoin Billionaires Max & Stacy Keiser
Bitcoin, Media Blackouts, and the Future in El Salvador
There’s a saying: “Don’t meet your heroes.” Most of the time, it’s true—people idolize from afar, only to be let down when they realize their heroes are just human.
But for me, there was one exception.
The only people I ever wanted to meet in the Bitcoin space were Max and Stacy Keiser. They’re the ones who taught me about Bitcoin and helped me cut through the noise when there was so much confusion out there.
Max Keiser’s Keiser Report, which aired on Russia Today, was the first mainstream news show to ever report on Bitcoin—back when it was just a dollar. That was a turning point. They saw the signal long before most people even knew there was a signal to find.
Keiser, a former Wall Street trader, made millions before retiring early and moving to Paris. He later returned to the U.S., where he launched the Hollywood Stock Exchange—one of the earliest examples of cryptocurrency concepts in action. He even filed patents related to digital currencies and eventually sold the company to Cantor Fitzgerald. Unfortunately, after Cantor Fitzgerald lost most of its staff in the 9/11 attacks (their offices were in the Twin Towers), not much came from the acquisition.
So when a guest came on The Keiser Report to talk about Bitcoin, Max immediately understood its world-changing potential. He began buying massive amounts—amounts that remain undisclosed to this day. But to put it in perspective: he famously gave Alex Jones 10,000 Bitcoin on a laptop. Back then, secure cold storage wasn’t common. Jones lost the laptop. Today, that lost Bitcoin would be worth over a billion dollars.
It’s safe to say Max Keiser is a Bitcoin billionaire. In my opinion, he’s one of the largest Bitcoin holders in the world.
Many of my followers don’t know who Max Keiser is—and that’s not surprising. He’s been suppressed by mainstream media. His show was banned, and many of the original Keiser Report episodes were deleted from YouTube due to its affiliation with Russia Today and the U.S. fallout with Russia. These were foundational pieces of Bitcoin media history—now mostly erased. Once in a while, someone will post an old clip on X, but most of it is gone.
It’s unfortunate. That show was how I—and many others—first learned about Bitcoin.
Despite being a multi-billionaire, Keiser doesn’t fly private, doesn’t own a car, and has remained incredibly humble and laser-focused on the mission: spreading Bitcoin to the world.
That mission eventually led him to El Salvador—the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender and begin accumulating it as a national reserve asset.
When Max arrived, El Salvador was in chaos. The country was gripped by a gang war, as newly elected President Nayib Bukele launched an all-out crackdown on MS-13, which controlled entire regions and brought decades of violence. At one point, Keiser was staying in a hotel surrounded by the conflict—but he chose to stay. He bet on Bukele. He bet on the country.
Keiser went on to become President Bukele’s official Bitcoin advisor and helped establish El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office. In just three years, El Salvador transformed from the most dangerous country in Central America to the safest—under Bukele’s leadership and with Bitcoin at the heart of a broader economic revival.
Thousands of Bitcoiners have since visited, invested in, or even moved to El Salvador—many of them inspired directly or indirectly by Max Keiser’s presence and work there. The country’s tourism and international visibility have exploded.
And then—finally—I had the chance to meet Max and Stacy in person.
I caught up with them at a Bitcoin event held at El Salvador’s new National Library—a stunning, state-of-the-art building that symbolizes the country’s transformation. They were incredibly gracious with their time. I spoke with Max for what felt like forever (but was probably 30 minutes), and I got to share my Bitcoin story with him.
Max also shared his views on the current state of the world and where things are heading. He told me:
“The information on Bitcoin is out there. At this point, it’s Darwinism—if you're smart enough to understand Bitcoin, you’ll save yourself.”
He believes the U.S. dollar’s days are numbered, and that when the fiat system collapses, you’ll want to be in a place like El Salvador. In his view, the dollar should have collapsed already. He said the U.S. government is working closely with USDT (Tether) to control the on-ramps and off-ramps between fiat and Bitcoin—essentially trying to regulate the path from fiat to financial freedom.
He also shared one of the most striking ideas of our conversation:
“Bitcoin supercharges everything it touches.”
To illustrate, he pointed to Michael Saylor. Before Bitcoin, Saylor was a relatively unknown tech CEO on the verge of retirement. But after adopting Bitcoin and putting it on MicroStrategy’s balance sheet, he became one of the most prominent figures on Wall Street. He completely transformed his public image, his company’s future, and likely made billions for himself and his investors.
The same thing happened with President Nayib Bukele. Before Bitcoin, he was a national reformer fighting against the odds. After embracing Bitcoin, he didn’t just turn his country around—he became a respected global figure, reshaping geopolitics from a tiny Central American nation.
“That’s what Bitcoin does,” Max said. “It amplifies vision, accelerates momentum, and exposes weakness. If you’re built for it—it makes you legendary.”
I also asked Max how much longer Bukele has in his term. He said four more years—but added that they’ll probably change the constitution so he can stay in power indefinitely.
“Time is running out on the fiat system,” Max warned. “Now is the best time to get as much Bitcoin as possible, keep it in cold storage, and have a backup country—like El Salvador—for when things start to unravel in the West.”
Meeting Max and Stacy Keiser didn’t just meet expectations—it reaffirmed everything I believed about why I got into Bitcoin in the first place. In a world full of noise, grifters, and false prophets, they remain clear, consistent, and committed to the truth: Bitcoin is the way forward.
Keiser found out my dad was a Bitcoiner and even took the time to make him this personalized video.
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