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Bitcoin Supports US Dollar Reserve Status, Says Coinbase CEO
Bitcoin has also been viewed from a completely different angle by the CEO of the Coinbase exchange, Brian Armstrong. According to this view, the existence of Bitcoin ensures a level of competition for the US dollar. As a result, the government has no choice but to be fiscally responsible.
Bitcoin indirectly aids the sustainability of the dominance of the US dollar by protecting it from policies issued by the Fed that may reduce confidence in the US economy. “It’s a strange way that Bitcoin is helping to prolong the American experiment,” was how he summed up his thoughts.
This comes at a time when the national debt of the US currently stands at an all-time high of 37.65 trillion dollars and rising at the rate of 6 billion per day. The Trump administration launched the ‘Strategic ’ in March through an executive order, although at the moment it contains seized BTC and does not buy any Bitcoins on its own.
Dollar Dominance Advances with the Emergence of Stablecoins
Industry observers have suggested that stablecoins have the potential to be even more influential than Bitcoin in solidifying the status of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. It creates demand for US debt and pushes the dollar from institutional accounts to the general public.
“Dollarisation 2.0 is playing out before our eyes. Entire economies from LatAm to Africa are basically being re-wired to digital dollars,” said Sandeep Nailwal, CEO of the Polygon Foundation.
The size of the stablecoin market has been estimated to be $312.6 billion, but according to the US Treasury, this could rise to $2 trillion by 2028. The US enacted the GENIUS Act in July, which has formulated one of the most comprehensive frameworks in this regard so far.
Bank of Japan Policy Creates Market Volatility Concerns
This follows the release of minutes that have sparked worries about possible effects on international markets, even extending to cryptocurrencies. From within the BOJ, the discussions prove that there are members who think that rate is still abnormally low. This, even with the ratification of raising the benchmark rate to 0.75%. This rate has not been seen in over 30 years.
“The actual policy rate in Japan is considerably low compared to other countries in the world,” a member commented, implying that there must be a change in the level of monetary accommodation. Economists now see further rate hikes in the coming six months, and the terminal rate would be between 1.25% and 1.50% by 2027.
The significance of this information is that investors are borrowing money at low interest rates to invest in higher-returning assets such as cryptocurrencies. An increase in yields in Japan could result in some investors closing their leveraged positions in the crypto market. Records indicate that Bitcoin fell by over 20% after the rate decision in March and July 2024 and by over 30% after the rate hike in January 2025.
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