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This episode discusses the United States' mounting national debt crisis in 2025. It outlines an innovative, multifaceted strategy the U.S. government may be considering to address its approximately $37.43 trillion debt, which includes leveraging non-traditional assets. Key components of this strategy are the revaluation of the nation's substantial gold reserves at current market prices, which would dramatically increase their reported value, and the use of seized Bitcoin as collateral for liquidity, moving away from immediate liquidation. Furthermore, the plan incorporates the Genius Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for gold- or Bitcoin-backed stablecoins to expand the money supply without increasing federal debt. The discussion stresses that while these approaches o ...