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Bitcoin was created as a response to the kind of debt-financed monetary disorder now playing out across global bond markets
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What that thesis left unresolved is the possibility that the debt spiral could tighten financial conditions strong enough to suppress speculative assets before the hard-money argument has time to play out.
Key facts
- The CBO projects those annual costs climbing from $1 trillion in 2026 to $2.1 trillion by 2036
- To service that borrowing, the Treasury paid out nearly $530 billion in interest between October 2025 and March 2026, more than $88 billion a month, a figure that's roughly equal to spending on both
- The inflation drivers behind this move are well documented: US Treasury yields moved higher as investors weighed the implications of more costly energy prices tied to the Iran war, with WTI crude
- Meanwhile, the Treasury's own borrowing calendar keeps upward force on the long end, with $189 billion expected in the second quarter and $671 billion in the third, meaning the bond selloff has shelf
Summary
The bond market was supposed to be Bitcoin's origin story, not its daily price driver. Bitcoin was created as a response to the kind of debt-financed monetary disorder now playing out across global bond markets. In 2026, the long-term narrative and the short-term mechanics are running in opposite directions, and understanding why requires spending a few minutes with the most consequential number in global finance right now. On May 20, the 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.18%.