U.S. debt crisis could catapult Bitcoin to global dominance, BlackRock CEO warns

• Larry Fink projected that the US fiscal crisis could boost BTC’s value. 
• The executive also hailed tokenization as a ‘democratization’ of markets. 

Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, projected that Bitcoin [BTC] could dislodge the U.S. dollar from global reserve status.

Fink cautioned that the U.S. dollar has enjoyed world reserve currency for decades, but that won’t last forever. Part of his annual letter to investors read, 

“If the U.S. doesn’t get its debt under control, if deficits keep ballooning, America risks losing that position to digital assets like Bitcoin.”

Source: BlackRock

The U.S. currently has about $36 trillion in debt, with interest payments alone amounting to nearly $1 trillion for 2025. Fink added, 

“By 2030, mandatory government spending and debt service will consume all federal revenue, creating a permanent deficit.”

Great for BTC?

In 2023, Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz made a similar projection, as rising fiscal debt raises fears of currency devaluation and inflation.

In fact, BlackRock made another recent call, stating that a recession would boost BTC’s value. In such a scenario, investors could resort to scarce alternatives, like gold and BTC, as a store of value. 

Besides, Fink expected real-world tokenized assets (RWA) to gain traction and called it ‘democratization.’

“Every stock, every bond, every fund—every asset—can be tokenized. If they are, it will revolutionize investing. Markets wouldn’t need to close.”

Reacting to the Link’s statement, Nate Geraci of ETF Store said that top assets managers were ‘all in.’

For his part, DeFi research analyst, Ignas, termed Fink’s outlook on tokenization as ‘super bullish for crypto.’ 

Source: BlackRock

That said, BTC was valued at $83K ahead of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs update.