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United States borrowing costs rise amid global bond sell-off, squeezing crypto and traditional markets alike
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Surging Treasury yields are making everything from mortgages to Bitcoin more expensive, and the ripple effects are getting started.
Key facts
- While Bitcoin struggled under the weight of rising real yields, tokenized US Treasuries surpassed $15 billion in on-chain value by May 2026, roughly triple the $5 billion recorded 14 months earlier
- The catalyst cocktail is potent: the ongoing war in Iran has sent oil prices soaring, US producer prices jumped 6.5% year-over-year in May 2026, the highest rate since late 2022, and the federal
- With annual interest expenses approaching $1 trillion on $39 trillion in total debt, even modest further increases in borrowing costs compound the deficit problem significantly
- The average 10-year borrowing rate across G7 nations has risen to around 4%, up from approximately 3.2% before the Iran conflict escalated
Summary
The US government is now paying more to borrow money than at any point since the pre-financial-crisis era, and the consequences are cascading through every asset class, crypto included. Thirty-year Treasury yields have blown past 5.18%, a threshold not crossed since 2007. The catalyst cocktail is potent: the ongoing war in Iran has sent oil prices soaring, US producer prices jumped 6.5% year-over-year in May 2026, the highest rate since late 2022, and the federal government is sitting on approximately $39 trillion in total debt. Bank of America analysts called US fiscal policy the “elephant in the room.” Higher yields mean the government pays more to service its existing debt, which increases the deficit, which means more borrowing, which means more bonds on the market, which pushes yields even higher.