{"id":39240,"date":"2025-07-29T03:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=39240"},"modified":"2025-07-29T03:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:16:45","slug":"billionaire-ray-dalio-backs-15-allocation-to-bitcoin-and-gold-amid-u-s-debt-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=39240","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Ray Dalio Backs 15% Allocation to Bitcoin and Gold Amid U.S. Debt Spiral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio is calling for investors to allocate 15% of their portfolios to bitcoin (BTC) or gold, citing heightened risks from the U.S.\u2019s accelerating debt burden and long-term currency devaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you were optimizing your portfolio for the best return-to-risk ratio, you would have about 15% of your money in gold or Bitcoin,\u201d Dalio said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgYYpOQxRoI\">Master Investor podcast<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The comments mark a notable shift from his 2022 recommendation of just 1\u20132% in BTC, reflecting growing concern over what Dalio calls a \u201cdebt doom loop.\u201d He pointed to a projected $12 trillion in new Treasury issuance over the next year, required to service the U.S.&#8217;s $36.7 trillion national debt.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Treasury report on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0209\">confirmed the trend<\/a>, with the government expecting to borrow $1 trillion in Q3, $453 billion more than previously forecast, followed by $590 billion in Q4.<\/p>\n<p>Dalio, who still favors gold over bitcoin, described both as \u201ceffective diversifiers\u201d in a scenario where fiat currencies lose value relative to hard assets. Still, he maintains skepticism about the asset&#8217;s role as a reserve currency, citing concerns about surveillance and the transparency of the blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments can see who is doing what transactions on it,\u201d he said, adding that any code-level vulnerabilities could undermine Bbtcoin\u2019s credibility as an alternative money.<\/p>\n<p>While Dalio owns \u201csome Bitcoin,\u201d he framed his updated 15% recommendation as flexible: The specific ratio of BTC to gold is \u201cup to you,\u201d he said.<br \/>BTC trades just over $118,000 in Asian morning hours on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio is calling for investors to allocate 15% of their portfolios to bitcoin (BTC) or gold, citing heightened risks from the U.S.\u2019s accelerating debt burden and long-term currency devaluation. \u201cIf you were optimizing your portfolio for the best return-to-risk ratio, you would have about 15% of your money in gold or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-39240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}