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E126: Swissborg Founder: How to Get Rich in Crypto (without getting lucky)

2025/6/19
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Cyrus Fazel, founder and CEO of SwissBorg, reveals how he's building crypto's most community-driven wealth platform while helping over 50,000 people achieve financial freedom.

From losing everything in 2008 to turning down a $1 billion acquisition offer, Cyrus shares his controversial takes on why real estate keeps people poor, how crypto is the only way to escape social class limitations, and why the current opportunity won't last forever.

PARTNERS

🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/

💳 KAST is a global financial platform that enables users to manage and spend stablecoins and cryptocurrencies using a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Available in over 100 countries: https://kastfinance.app.link/SHIFT

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Buy your Trezor Wallet (use PROMO Code from the video for a 10% discount): https://trezor.io/?transaction_id=1026f18ed46409e495c6db4bff90ab&offer_id=133&affiliate_id=35356

🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.

https://bitwiseinvestments.com/

💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.

https://sui.io/

🔘 Mantle Network enhances dApp development with Ethereum's security, low fees, and quick transactions through innovative layer-2 technology. Users can stake ETH for mETH, contributing to a transparent, community-driven ecosystem governed by $MNT token holders, fostering innovation and collaboration.

https://www.mantle.xyz

★ Forza! is Coinsilium's Gibraltar-based Bitcoin treasury company. Coinsilium’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQUIS:COIN) and on the OTCQB in the US (OTCQB:CINGF).

 Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/

FOLLOW CYRUS FAZEL

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrusfazelmrfintech/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cyrus_Fazel

FOLLOW SWISSBORG

• Website: https://swissborg.com/

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/swissborg

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swissborg/

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Jyx7gJXh3yHFxZSJIlIhQ

FOLLOW KEVIN & WHEN SHIFT HAPPENS👇

• Twitter (X): https://x.com/KevinWSHPod  

• Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kevinwshpod/  

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfollonier/

DISCLAIMERThe info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.

0:00 Introduction

1:37 Please Subscribe

2:03 Sponsorships

2:49 Swissborg Card

7:26 Crypto As A Wealth Tool 

10:37 Trezor Sponsorship

11:31 Not Everyone Will Make It 

12:23 One Million Financially Free 

15:37 True Meaning of Success 

18:21 When Bad Karma Feels Good

29:39 Hacking The Financial System 

32:31 Buying a Home Can Trap You 

38:42 Crypto Destroys Real Estate Returns 

40:41 How to Take More Risks 

43:26 How to Build a Crypto Portfolio 

50:26 Why Bitcoin Outperforms Everything 

54:28 How to Get Rich in Crypto Without Luck 

1:00:08 Avoiding Mental & Financial Ruin

1:05:09 The Trap New Investors Love 

1:09:07 The Hidden Cost of Passive Yield 

1:16:11 Fart Coins or Smart Yield? 

1:18:44 Fart Coin & the Meme Economy 

1:21:01 why Crypto is a Gift 

1:27:26 What is SwissBorg? 

1:30:32 SwissBorg’s Meta Exchange  

1:31:54 Why Use SwissBorg? 

1:39:35 What is Borg Pad? 

1:52:36 Killing CEXes By 2030

1:57:10 Founder Resilience In Crypto 

2:03:20 Turning Down a Billion Dollars

2:10:08 Closing Remarks