Expert Warns US Debt Crisis Accelerates While Bitcoin Gains Value
Lyn Alden, a macroeconomic strategist, addressed the Bitcoin 2025 conference, stating that the US fiscal deficit is an unstoppable force due to rising government spending. Key points from her address include:
- The US federal deficit has reached 6-7% of GDP, decoupling from unemployment rates.
- This trend has worsened since the pandemic, marking a new fiscal reality.
- Alden emphasized that gold and Bitcoin are primary reserve assets competing against traditional investments.
- Both assets have risen despite increasing interest rates, contrasting with past behaviors.
- Traditional inflation control methods, such as raising interest rates, now exacerbate the federal deficit.
- Bitcoin's absolute scarcity makes it an attractive store of value amidst fiat instability.
- Alden predicts large fiscal deficits will persist in the US over the next decade.
At press time, BTC traded at $105,822.
