Bitcoin Reserve With 1 Million BTC Could Offset $21 Trillion National Debt By 2049, Expert Says

VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, has laid out a vision for how the U.S. Treasury could use Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to strengthen its balance sheet.

What Happened: In a post on X on Friday, Sigel highlighted VanEck’s estimates that if Bitcoin appreciates at 25% annually—rising from $100,000 today to $21 million per BTC by 2049—the reserve could offset 18% of the projected U.S. debt.

This assumes debt grows at 5% annually, reaching $116 trillion by 2049 (up from $36 trillion in 2025).

While this theory is …

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