{"id":277682,"date":"2025-05-29T23:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/lyn-alden-makes-the-case-for-btc-at-bitcoin-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:13","slug":"lyn-alden-makes-the-case-for-btc-at-bitcoin-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/lyn-alden-makes-the-case-for-btc-at-bitcoin-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyn Alden Makes The Case For BTC At Bitcoin 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNothing stops this train,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LynAldenContact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyn Alden<\/a> initially stated at <a href=\"https:\/\/b.tc\/conference\/2025\/agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin 2025<\/a>, walking the audience through a data-rich presentation that made one thing clear: the U.S. fiscal system is out of control\u2014and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/guides\/how-to-buy-bitcoin\">Bitcoin<\/a> is more necessary than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her first chart, sourced from the Federal Reserve\u2019s FRED database, displayed a stark decoupling: the unemployment rate is down, yet the fiscal deficit has surged past 7% of GDP. \u201cThis started around 2017, went into overdrive during the pandemic, and hasn\u2019t corrected,\u201d Alden said. \u201cThat\u2019s not normal. We\u2019re in a new era.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"624\" height=\"256\" title=\"The Debt Train Has No Brakes: Lyn Alden Makes the Case for BTC at Bitcoin 2025 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ilddnad.nitrocdn.com\/XgjmJNBNBbZQEuHAZVzgTqmzytAUTSfp\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-78b3f1d\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AD_4nXctcpjjL64NHXCG0ewoKKC313UtMMwL-T2neyyY-QRV8NVZGvJiHBHm7H8h-sHhjIdYd4ZpA6nprWYLtbe8n-tm1oNgr6ZzCLndRJDsIrnb7sAkvclvE0gfvKzEyIqDwdqqT0Nl2AkeyBMC2ly8ZhQ4Zdr86X0VnUA.png\" class=\"nitro-lazy\" decoding=\"async\" nitro-lazy-empty=\"\" id=\"ODA4OjM5Mw==-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t mince words. \u201cNothing stops this train because there are no brakes attached to it anymore. The brakes are heavily impaired.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" style=\"width:627px;height:auto;\" title=\"The Debt Train Has No Brakes: Lyn Alden Makes the Case for BTC at Bitcoin 2025 2\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ilddnad.nitrocdn.com\/XgjmJNBNBbZQEuHAZVzgTqmzytAUTSfp\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-78b3f1d\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AD_4nXePxbYKlCGQAUf6ckLIvfT8hn95NcJ7hg-4Vku3Xacuo4x0seTeiwODdsmdntWRb2HGIM7L5rsn24TOiZkFFGENy1B7t6OW0UdWrM9pv8GGP4Tdw-2VvUVdlBWsVK5ukbaKTjQckeyBMC2ly8ZhQ4Zdr86X0VnUA.png\" class=\"nitro-lazy\" decoding=\"async\" nitro-lazy-empty=\"\" id=\"ODE2OjQyMw==-1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Why should Bitcoiners care? Because, as Alden explained, \u201cit matters for asset prices\u2014especially anything scarce.\u201d She displayed a gold vs. real rates chart that showed gold soaring as real interest rates plunged. \u201cFive years ago, most would have said Bitcoin couldn\u2019t thrive in a high-rate environment. Yet here we are\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/bitcoin-price\">Bitcoin over $100K<\/a>, gold at new highs, and banks breaking under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next came what she called \u201cThe Turning Point\u201d\u2014a side-by-side showing how public debt growth overtook private sector debt post-2008, flipping a decades-long norm. \u201cThis is inflationary, persistent, and it means the Fed can\u2019t slow things down anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"624\" height=\"267\" title=\"The Debt Train Has No Brakes: Lyn Alden Makes the Case for BTC at Bitcoin 2025 3\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ilddnad.nitrocdn.com\/XgjmJNBNBbZQEuHAZVzgTqmzytAUTSfp\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-78b3f1d\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AD_4nXeWAAXSsTcvHromsAL8reVE4XS0m06UWLz1_1Vl0DbiHsQsQkKLQILyrsbXBo0ims0-rV99u0xe12iZXeQbxNs_pEU9aCsRk-lP1zHkkt3H-ILpU8GYUBB-U4x4BS65esP5k1jIYgkeyBMC2ly8ZhQ4Zdr86X0VnUA.png\" class=\"nitro-lazy\" decoding=\"async\" nitro-lazy-empty=\"\" id=\"ODI4OjM3Mg==-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another chart revealed why rising interest rates are now <em>accelerating<\/em> the deficit. \u201cThey\u2019ve lost their brakes. Raising rates just makes the federal interest bill explode faster than it slows bank lending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alden called it a ponzi: \u201cThe system is built on constant growth. Like a shark, it dies if it stops swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"624\" height=\"260\" title=\"The Debt Train Has No Brakes: Lyn Alden Makes the Case for BTC at Bitcoin 2025 4\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ilddnad.nitrocdn.com\/XgjmJNBNBbZQEuHAZVzgTqmzytAUTSfp\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-78b3f1d\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AD_4nXdF_59Jeo4uhhvuTAFfi2JIdl0UgeYkE_yEdBYsG4kYw8GOzhAELzlXNmNiTqq7KlBpf1HXG50NLjLtvVWPTLfZ1umRFm6nUrpP-RgIrq44n17DOy6bvf_49tEeP1yDgMmia1WzkeyBMC2ly8ZhQ4Zdr86X0VnUA.png\" class=\"nitro-lazy\" decoding=\"async\" nitro-lazy-empty=\"\" id=\"ODQwOjM3MA==-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Her slide showed a relentless rise in total debt versus base money\u2014except for a jolt in 2008, and again after 2020. \u201cThis isn\u2019t going backward. Ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So why Bitcoin? \u201cBecause it\u2019s the opposite. Scarce, decentralized, and mathematically capped,\u201d Alden concluded. \u201cThere are two reasons nothing stops this train: math and human nature. Bitcoin is the mirror of this system\u2014and the best protection from it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full panel discussion and the rest of the Bitcoin 2025 Conference Day 3 below: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/> <\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/the-debt-train-has-no-brakes-lyn-alden-makes-the-case-for-btc-at-bitcoin-2025\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cNothing stops this train,\u201d Lyn Alden initially stated at Bitcoin 2025, walking the audience through a data-rich presentation that made one thing clear: the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}