Trump Says Crypto Could Pay $38 Trillion US Debt – How High Must Bitcoin Go?

Presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that the US is incapable of defaulting on its debt because of the Federal Reserve’s ability to “print money.” The Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee attempted to clarify previous statements that he could persuade America’s creditors to accept less than full payment for the national debt, which was construed by some publications to mean he intended to default. Trump insisted that he meant that the US could simply buy back debt at a discounted rate. “You know, I’m the king of debt. I understand debt probably better than anybody. I....

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) says global debt will soar to a record $277 trillion by the end of 2020 as governments and companies continue to spend in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Already, the debt has ballooned by $15 trillion this year to $272 trillion through September. Governments from developed markets account for more than half of that increase, according to the IIF’s Global Debt Monitor. Governments from Developed Markets Are the Biggest Borrowers According to a report, debt repayments will prove to be “much more onerous” despite the....

A report by Denmark-based Saxo Bank claims bitcoin’s price could rise by 165% to more than $2,000 due to an economic stimulus expected from incoming President Trump. The bullish bitcoin outlook is one of 10 Saxo Bank “Outrageous Predictions for 2017.” Central banks may be about to give up on qualitative easing and negative interest rates, but they are far from being finished with intervention and distorting the allocation of capital and the price of money, according to Steen Jakobsen, CIO. This is not Saxo Bank’s official outlook for 2017, the company noted in the report, but the events....

What would the impact be of a Trump or Clinton presidency on digital currencies? Politics, banking, and money are all related. Major changes in a country’s governance will have huge implications for monetary policy. Trump. Trump is the King of Debt. He is no stranger to bankruptcy and financial leverage. His presidency would put America First, jeopardizing trade deals. He is attempting to pitch himself as a 21st century Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt is famous for the New Deal, which involved massive infrastructure spending. While FDR is credited by many for lifting America out of....

The latest grim milestone for the U.S. economy means that its national debt total is now 4,000% larger than the Bitcoin market cap. The United States’ national debt has passed $30 trillion — and even all the Bitcoin (BTC) in the world would hardly touch it.According to the latest official statistics, U.S. national debt is at levels never seen before, passing the psychological $30-trillion barrier for the first time this week.Bitcoin is worth less than 3% of U.S. national debtAfter two years of liquidity injections fuelled by issuing even more debt, the Federal Reserve is attempting to rein....