All the world’s Bitcoin can only pay 2.43% of $30T US national debt
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....
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