Bitcoin tops $80,000 as Treasury weighs $950 billion cash pile for bond buybacks

Kwon Crash

Published Aug 25, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

Source: CryptoSource
- Bitcoin just punched through $80K because the US Treasury is eyeing its $950 billion cash pile like a desperate meat wallet at a clearance sale. Secretary Bessent wants to buy back long bonds to stabilize a market that laughed off his last intervention — 30-year yields are back above 5.2% like nothing happened. Meanwhile, national debt crossed $40 trillion and tech companies dumped $220 billion in AI infrastructure debt into the same crowded pool. So Bitcoin and gold are rallying on the debasement trade while the dollar softens. Brookings says "artificial yield caps are coming." Aggressive passive income. Look, when the government starts raiding its own checking account to prop up bond prices, you don't need a hash manifest to read the signal. Everyone's debasing — Bitcoin just does it transparently. Where's my cut?