In September 2025, at the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia, a senior advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anton Kobyakov, made a striking statement. He warned that the United States is conspiring to reshape the global financial system using crypto assets and stablecoins to secretly devalue its national debt, which amounts to $37 trillion. This viewpoint quickly sparked widespread discussion in international media and the economic community. Kobyakov pointed out that the U.S. intends to transfer its debt into the "crypto cloud" and shift the losses onto other countries around the world through a system reset, making the latter "scapegoats." Although this claim sounds bold, it is not without foundation. It echoes similar assertions made earlier by MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, who suggested that the U.S. government sell its gold reserves to buy Bitcoin in order to reshape the global reserve asset landscape.
The scale and pressure of the United States national debt
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