Russia Says U.S. Is Planning a $37 Trillion Crypto Reset… "And You'll Pay For It"
Published: 2025-10-16
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Published: 2025-10-16
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Analyzed
Predictions from this Video
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Major financial institutions like Wisdom Tree and Franklin Templeton are already offering tokenized funds tied to US Treasuries, indicating a move towards tokenizing US debt.
"Wisdom Tree and Franklin Templeton have already created tokenized funds that give you exposure to United States Treasuries."
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The Federal Reserve Bank, through the Kansas City Fed, is actively discussing and researching the concept of tokenizing US Treasury debt.
"And even the Federal Reserve Bank has begun addressing this point because the Kansas City Fed wrote an article about the concept of tokenizing the United States Treasury."
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Tokenizing US debt will make it globally accessible, allowing individuals from countries like Kenya and Mexico to invest in US Treasuries.
"if it's on the blockchain, that means you could have somebody in Kenya buying this treasury. You could have somebody in Mexico buying these treasuries and it opens up the reach for more people, regular people around the world to lend their money to the United States government."
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Transactions for tokenized US debt will be significantly faster, settling in seconds compared to days in the traditional system.
"it would happen in a matter of seconds."
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Russia alleges that the US government could use blockchain to alter the terms of debt, such as extending the maturity date of a 10-year Treasury to 12 years.
"maybe the United States government says you went out and lent your money to a 10-year Treasury, meaning you're lending your money to the United States government for 10 years, and then they extend the maturity date. So, instead of being a 10-year loan, now it's a 12-year loan because, well, they changed the rules through the blockchain"
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The US government might use blockchain to control debt holdings, potentially capping the ability of individuals in countries with strained relations with the US to sell their Treasuries.
"Or maybe what happens is the United States government then uses this blockchain as a form of control because if you are not in the United States or in some country that is not getting along with the United States, they cap the ability for you to actually sell your treasuries"
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The US government could devalue tokenized debt, making a $1 digital treasury worth $0.90 as a method to reduce the overall national debt.
"Or maybe what the United States government could do is they devalue the value of your tokens. Imagine you buy $1 of a digital treasury and you're generating interest on that $1. And then because of a new government policy, that dollar is not worth a dollar. It's now worth 90. Why? Because it's a way to essentially reduce the value of the national debt by saying, well, it's only going to be worth 90% of what it was before."
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The US government leverages inflation to decrease the real value of its national debt.
"the United States government uses this inflation to reduce the value of this debt."
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The US government can reduce the burden of its $37 trillion debt by paying it back with dollars that have lost value due to inflation.
"you can inflate away the value of this debt because now you're paying back this $37 trillion of debt with cheaper dollars."
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The purchasing power of $400,000 in 1995 was significantly higher than in 2025 due to inflation.
"Because $400,000 was worth a whole lot more money in 1995 than it was in 2025. Because of inflation."
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A 10% devaluation of tokenized debt by the US government would be immediately noticeable, impacting the value of people's savings.
"if the United States government were to reduce the value of your coin by 10%, well, then everybody notices it immediately and now you feel the immediate effects of that because the value of your savings now have less value."
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By devaluing tokenized debt, the US government could effectively reduce its $37 trillion national debt to $30 trillion.
"they have now $30 trillion of national debt instead of $37 trillion because they're devaluing the currency by devaluing that token value for you."
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In 1971, President Richard Nixon removed the US dollar from the gold standard.
"In 1971, President Richard Nixon took the United States dollar off of the gold standard"
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Removing the dollar from the gold standard enabled the Federal Reserve to print an unlimited supply of money.
"which allowed the Federal Reserve Bank to essentially print an infinite amount of money."
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The decision to take the dollar off the gold standard in 1971 was driven by the US government's inability to repay its debts.
"the reason why he did that is because the United States government owed a lot of money and they couldn't pay back their bills."
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During the Great Depression in 1933, the US government made gold ownership illegal for citizens and required them to sell it to the government at a price set by the government.
"In 1933, ... the United States government was under a lot of financial pressure. So what did they do? They made it illegal for American citizens to own gold. And if you owned gold, you had to give it to the United States government and you had to sell it to the government at a price that they picked."
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President Trump is proposing a plan to address US debt that incorporates gold and cryptocurrency.
"President Trump has been proposing a new plan to help pay off this debt involving gold and involving crypto."
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