{"id":66549,"date":"2026-01-06T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66549"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:31:45","slug":"us-debt-hits-38-5-trillion-heres-why-thats-bullish-for-bitcoin-and-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66549","title":{"rendered":"US Debt Hits $38.5 Trillion\u2014Here&#8217;s Why That&#8217;s Bullish For Bitcoin And Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and gold are rallying even as U.S. debt hit a record\u00a0$38.5 trillion\u2014fueling bets that Washington will lean on the Fed to keep rates low, a setup that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/bitcoin-price-prediction-oct-14\">historically lifts hard assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debt Hits $38.5 Trillion<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. national debt crossed $38.5 trillion on Monday, pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2026\/01\/06\/u-s-national-debt-reaches-new-high-of-usd38-5-trillion\">above<\/a> 120%. <\/p>\n<p>Interest payments alone now top\u00a0$1 trillion annually, exceeding defense spending. The surge stems from pandemic-era stimulus and decades of fiscal expansion on infrastructure, military, and social programs.<\/p>\n<p>Over 70% of the debt is owed to domestic lenders, with the rest held by Japan, China, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The $17.3 Trillion Oil Wildcard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s military action against Venezuela has added fuel to the macro debate. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. may have gained access t Venezuela\u2019s oil &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49729177\/us-debt-hits-38-5-trillion-heres-why-thats-bullish-for-bitcoin-and-gold?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"US\" debt hits trillion why that bullish for bitcoin and gold>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u00a0(CRYPTO: BTC) and gold are rallying even as U.S. debt hit a record\u00a0$38.5 trillion\u2014fueling bets that Washington will lean on the Fed to keep rates low, a setup that historically lifts hard assets. Debt Hits $38.5 Trillion U.S. national debt crossed $38.5 trillion on Monday, pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio above 120%. Interest payments alone now [&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-66549","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\/66549","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=66549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}