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The first-world debt crisis means you can expect more pain ahead

Published 06/12/2023, 02:21 PM
Updated 06/12/2023, 04:20 PM
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The huge volume of sovereign debt in developed countries (particularly the United States) is often exploited to promote questionable theories about imminent financial collapse.

However, the problem is real, and it has become much more acute due to interest rates rising in response to entrenched inflation.

U.S. national debt as of June 12, 2023. Source: USdebtclock.org
Growth in the S&P 500 compared to growth in the price of Bitcoin, July 2018 through June 2023. Source: InflationChart.com.
The price of Bitcoin compared to the U.S. inflation rate and stock-to-flow ratio, 2010–2023. Source: Willy Woo via Glassnode data.
Igor Varnavsky is the chief marketing officer of DeFiHelper, a decentralized noncustodial investment assistant that helps manage and automate DeFi investments across other protocols.

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