US burns through nearly half of government's Bitcoin reserve in first week of Ir

[DiMarxist]

The cost of waging war is always high and costly so am not really surprised about this news about the Bitcoin reserves in the United States. War means that a country has to be ready to spend money because what sustains war is money, no nation starts war without adequate preparations about how to find the war. I believe believe that the Bitcoins that were spend will be likely linked to this military operation in the middle east against Iran.

[abhiseshakana]

I have often wondered where such a passion for violence and weapons comes from, did it all start with the massacres of Indians or did it come later?

I think, be winner in WW-II make US and elite global realize that war can be profitable. Matter of fact US become super power, military industry growing fast, there are shifting on  weapon passion from survival tools to be nation / geopolitical power. I think its a strating point what President Dwight Eishen Hower explained, military industrial complex. the Cold War era which full of tension and rivalry throuh nuclear, arm race adn spreading propaganda and fear actually strenghtened military normalization, and media also play important role shaped a perception that country with has powerfull weapon is superhero.

From what  ilearned beside technology what make US superior is large scale of weapons production. As explained by Eishenhower closed relationship between military, industry and government can drive conflict because simply said demand on weapon increase when war happened, when threats spread such as on cold war area, military can increase its budged and has a priority and security issue can be legitimation tools for policy maker. Its mean combination of these can encourage confontrated policy. For US itself war is a tools to show and maintain their global hegemony, which will openend access to resources US needs and deterrence as strategy to maintain its position on International system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex

[abhiseshakana]

The cost of waging war is always high and costly so am not really surprised about this news about the Bitcoin reserves in the United States. War means that a country has to be ready to spend money because what sustains war is money, no nation starts war without adequate preparations about how to find the war. I believe believe that the Bitcoins that were spend will be likely linked to this military operation in the middle east against Iran.

For me war is expensive because many lives are lost but from Trump's financial calculation, you will be shocked that war also a very fruitfull business especially for arm industry global elite. Digging on some news, found terrible fact that every escalation, global conflict even regional tension creating new demand for restocking and new production not only doubled production. The pattern always conflict broke out, massively weapon usage is a must, shortage stock of weapons, increase production, fear and uncertainty narrative spreading, country near conflict zone purchased also, weapon and defence industry booming, there is even a cost plus scheme that makes sure that the arms company makes profit and will never loose. Wow, so we can conclude that arm or defence industry and oil especially LNG doesn't need peace, the more chaos the more profitable US. We can say they play, whale fishing strategy with anchovies.

Do not forget lobbying practice in US is legal even sound nasty, with this tools, politician gaining support from donor, there are no free lunch, in return they asked influence from decision makiker policy to align with their interest and they exploit any possibility of loophooles in regulation. I still check and looking for data on lobbying budget of arm and defence industry but i think they will be the largest contributor and they are party who receives greatest return on lobbying expenditure and campaign contribution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995
https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/middle-east/2026/03/19/us-fasttracks-arms-sales-to-gulf-middle-east-allies-as-iran-strikes-escalate
https://herald.id/2026/03/13/bisnis-di-tengah-konflik-iran-vs-as-israel-penjualan-senjata-amerika-serikat-tembus-3187-miliar-dolar/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[Hamza2424]

I dont know what people make of this but it's not like the us government is SELLING bitcoin to fund the war. The money for the bombs and stuff comes from taxing usa citizens and printing more paper money. Bitcoin doesn't even come into the picture at all. So I'm not sure this war will push bitcoin price higher. Trump doesn't need bitcoin to bomb other countries.

If they use Bitcoin to support war, I might have to do something about my btc holdings because I can't tolerate it. They should not use it to support war, and they are using taxpayers' money for sure, but bro taxpayers are also not doing anything because they can't those who try to spread awareness and speak up they are suppressed with power or money. I have seen a lot of videos circulating on social media on the same matter.

Anyway, this is not new, they have always done this to the Middle East. They started wrong wars in the name of wrong excuses and ended up badly all the time, but they did this on purpose every single time like now. It seems like they are in some kind of business.

[AmoreJaz]

I dont know what people make of this but it's not like the us government is SELLING bitcoin to fund the war. The money for the bombs and stuff comes from taxing usa citizens and printing more paper money. Bitcoin doesn't even come into the picture at all. So I'm not sure this war will push bitcoin price higher. Trump doesn't need bitcoin to bomb other countries.

If they use Bitcoin to support war, I might have to do something about my btc holdings because I can't tolerate it. They should not use it to support war, and they are using taxpayers' money for sure, but bro taxpayers are also not doing anything because they can't those who try to spread awareness and speak up they are suppressed with power or money. I have seen a lot of videos circulating on social media on the same matter.

Anyway, this is not new, they have always done this to the Middle East. They started wrong wars in the name of wrong excuses and ended up badly all the time, but they did this on purpose every single time like now. It seems like they are in some kind of business.

Definitely, we can say that there's economic impact to a lot of countries of what's happening right now. Even if the country is not directly in participation with the ongoing war, they can feel the impact owed to rising oil prices in the trading market. So whether US is burning a lot of their reserves, in crypto or in their fiat money, it is their prerogative to do so. But they should know what are the implications of their actions to their people and their stakeholders.

[STT]

23bn or 10bn is pennies.   More money is spent on debt interest then the cost of the entire military budget for the fiscal year.   All those aircraft carriers are rubber duckies vs the debt problem accumulated over decades, its so old Satoshi knew its trajectory off by heart it seems.

   I did observe this disparity a year ago, how do asset reserves occur at the same time as a deficit is increasing in size.   Trump and his staff have or had the idea of halving the interest rate, Powell isn't there to play catch he isnt even supposed to be in the same ball game.  That's not how the rules are written for good reason.
  We already got easy money, any easier and dollar is out on the floor for the count.  That oil and commodity trade in balance of trade is vital adjustment, the gold reserves surely help at its higher price but its still a pebble in a sea of debt and BTC is nothing at all unless we also move magnitudes of order higher.

[DrBeer]

I would call this topic misleading, since the headline mentions spending bitcoins, but in reality we’re talking about fiat currency expenditures that have nothing to do with the U.S. government’s bitcoin reserves.