Loading Bitcoin data…
Lyn Alden — What Bitcoin Did episode 1065
Latest episodeEP 1065 · 8 SEPT 2026 · 1:15:14

The US Is Long-Term Insolvent

With Lyn Alden — Lyn Alden returns to discuss why the US is entering deeper fiscal dominance, what the Treasury’s recent buybacks signal, and why America’s growing debt and $2 trillion deficits are changing what monetary policy can…

IN THIS CONVERSATIONMacro · Bitcoin
Inside this conversation

“We don’t really have the tools to deal with fiscal-driven inflation.”

Lyn Alden returns to discuss why the US is entering deeper fiscal dominance, what the Treasury’s recent buybacks signal, and why America’s growing debt and $2 trillion deficits are changing what monetary policy can actually achieve.

We discuss the increasingly K-shaped economy, why developed markets are beginning to take on characteristics once associated with emerging markets, and why Lyn believes this macro environment could persist well into the 2030s.

Lyn also explains why she believes Bitcoin is increasingly well positioned for the years ahead, why capital could rotate out of the AI trade, and what would need to happen for Bitcoin to enter a stronger bull market.

Full episode & show notes →

Supported by · 4 partners

The partners behind the conversations

Recent episodes

Checkmate & Preston Pysh & Lawrence Lepard & James Lavish & Matthew Pines & Alex Thorn & Cameron Parry — What Bitcoin Did
EP 906 · 1:27

LIVE IN BEDFORD

Checkmate & Preston Pysh & Lawrence Lepard & James Lavish & Matthew Pines & Alex Thorn & Cameron Parry

The back catalogue · 205 episodes

1065The US Is Long-Term InsolventLyn Alden1:15
1060The Coldcard Disaster: What Really HappenedLloyd Fournier & Nick Farrow1:23
1058Has Bitcoin Lost Its Way?American HODL & Junseth & Erik Cason & Thomas Pacchia1:22
1056The $1 Trillion Bitcoin Loan Market Is ComingMauricio Di Bartolomeo1:16
1055The Data Says Bitcoin’s Bottom Is Already InMitchell Askew & John Haar1:28
1054Who Is Left to Sell Bitcoin?Alex Thorn1:20
1051Why I Left Twenty OneJack Mallers1:44
1050Bringing Back The Bitcoin Bull MarketCory Klippsten1:09
1047The Bitcoin Treasury Company TrapParker Lewis1:19
1045Is The Bitcoin Power Law Broken?Matthew Mezinskis1:40
1044Is The Fed Lying About Inflation?James Lavish1:03
1043The Death of Bitcoin CultureFernando Nikolic1:04
1038How Global Power Actually WorksSimon Dixon2:19
1035How The State Makes Us PoorerMax Hillebrand1:31
1034Why BIP110 Won’t Change BitcoinMr Hodl & Wicked1:11
1033The Bitcoin Credit Gold RushJeff Walton1:41
1032Who Really Controls Bitcoin?Bitcoin Mechanic1:32
1028The Bitcoin Treasury MachineHarry Sudock & Rory Murray1:09
1027The Future of Owning BitcoinJonathan Pollock57m
1025The Biggest Lie in EconomicsAllen Farrington & Sacha Meyers58m
1023Can Bitcoin Save The West?American HODL & Peter McCormack1:25
1022AI Is Coming for Bitcoin’s EnergyMichael Dunworth1:39
1011This Is The Macro ResetNik Bhatia1:24
1009A Financial Reset has BegunLuke Gromen1:06
1008The Four Year Cycle Is Not BrokenMatthew Mezinskis1:16
1003Nobody Is Safe From AI AnymoreMark Suman1:04
1000Is The Bitcoin Bottom In?Checkmate1:21
999Bitcoin Crashed. What Comes Next?Joe Consorti1:18
993Bitcoin Is Still WinningCory Klippsten1:00
992The Bitcoin Cheat CodeMark Moss1:13
9882025: Bitcoin in ReviewAmerican HODL & Matt Odell1:29
980How Bitcoin Is Changing the WorldErik Hersman & Phillip Walton & Eric Yakes & Mark Kamau1:19
978Bitcoin, AI & The Fourth TurningGeorge Bodine1:36
977The $60 Billion Bitcoin BetPhong Le1:16
975Did the Bitcoin Bull Market Just End?Checkmate & Alec Dejanovic1:35
972Is BIP444 An Attack on Bitcoin?Rob Hamilton1:23
The Spiritual War for BitcoinAmerican HODL & Erik Cason & Marty Bent1:33
961Why Bitcoin Must WinMatt Odell1:49
960Has the Debt Spiral Started?Luke Gromen1:20
958The AI Revolution That Ends HumanityRoman Yampolskiy1:04
956Bitcoin is Generational WealthPeter Dunworth1:09
955The End of Fed Control? Bitcoin & Macro OutlookCheckmate & Joe Carlasare & Matthew Pines1:41
951Is Bitcoin Culture Dead?Pete Rizzo1:30
944Paper Bitcoin SummerAmerican HODL & Steven Lubka1:26
942The Bitcoin Treasury PlaybookPreston Pysh1:06
941Saving Bedford with BitcoinPeter McCormack1:47
939Is MSTR a Ponzi?Lyn Alden & Andy Constan1:45
938The State of Bitcoin AdoptionTroy Cross & Ella Hough1:18
933Bitcoin Culture vs Wall StreetThomas Pacchia1:12
932How Bitcoin Is Changing the Financial SystemMauricio Di Bartolomeo1:53
927Bitcoin is Winning in DCGrant McCarty1:11
926Adoption & CorruptionBecca Rubenfeld1:57
925How Bitcoin Will Destroy the StateErik Cason & Jesse Posner1:31
922Hyperbitcoinisation by 2032?Erin Redwing1:23
921Is Bitcoin Failing?Alex Gladstein & Paul Sztorc1:42
919The Myth of the Dollar CollapseJoe Carlasare1:21
917How the State Captures BitcoinAmerican HODL1:11
Orange Pilling Wall StreetJack Mallers1:47
Is the Fed Losing Control?Matthew Mezinskis1:27
The OP_RETURN War: Who Controls BitcoinBitcoin Mechanic1:23
909The US Government Vs BitcoinZack Shapiro1:10
907BITCOIN IS HUMAN NATUREJesse Myers1:17
906LIVE IN BEDFORDCheckmate & Preston Pysh & Lawrence Lepard & James Lavish & Matthew Pines & Alex Thorn & Cameron Parry1:27
904BITCOIN: A TROJAN HORSE FOR FREEDOMAlex Gladstein1:35
BITCOIN IS WINNINGMatt Odell1:52
900THE BIG PRINT IS COMINGLawrence Lepard1:18
899THE CASE FOR BITCOINJoe Bryan1:45
898THE DOLLAR MILKSHAKE & BITCOINBrent Johnson1:18
897BITCOIN BRAIN MELTMichael Dunworth1:21
895QE, LIQUIDITY, BONDS & BITCOINNik Bhatia1:26
THE BITCOIN REVOLUTIONPierre Rochard & Michael Goldstein1:35
WILL QUANTUM BREAK BITCOIN?Hunter Beast1:10
888THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE IS HEREAmerican HODL & Matthew Pines1:22
887BITCOIN & THE MONETARY REVOLUTIONJosh Hendrickson & William Luther1:42
886NATION STATE MININGDaniel Batten1:18
885THE BITCOIN SHAKEOUTCheckmate56m
884THE MONEY PRINTER IS COMINGJames Lavish1:15
BITCOIN BONDS & THE FIAT PONZIPreston Pysh & Nico Lechuga1:15
881THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN CUSTODYBecca Rubenfeld1:23
DEBATE: CAN BITCOIN RESIST THE STATE?Alex Gladstein & Fictitious Capital1:37
IS THE BITCOIN BULL MARKET OVER?Rational Root1:05
877SHOULD BITCOIN OSSIFY?Jameson Lopp1:08
THE BITCOIN TROJAN HORSEErik Cason1:23
871PREPARING FOR $475K BITCOINJeff Ross1:05
870INFLATION, THE FED & BITCOINLawrence Lepard1:19
86816 YEARS OF BITCOINPete Rizzo1:11
2024: BITCOIN IN REVIEWAmerican HODL & Matt Odell1:49
866THE RISE OF BITCOINParker Lewis56m
863REPRICING THE WORLD IN BITCOINJeff Booth1:11
862SAMOURAI WALLET & THE FIGHT FOR BITCOIN PRIVACYRoger Burlingame & Zack Shapiro1:09