{"id":77485,"date":"2026-08-30T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bessents-bond-buyback-gamble-druckenmillers-response-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:22:44","slug":"bessents-bond-buyback-gamble-druckenmillers-response-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bessents-bond-buyback-gamble-druckenmillers-response-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent&#8217;s Bond Buyback Gamble, Druckenmiller&#8217;s Response, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>WEEK IN REVIEW<\/h2>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Charles Schwab added SOL, AVAX and LINK as its $13T crypto push expands beyond BTC and ETH.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Circle minted 5B USDC in 1 week, signaling stronger liquidity as stablecoin supply rebounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Coinbase and Better launched BTC mortgages after a waitlist projected over $260M in demand.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>$13T Asset Manager Charles Schwab Adds 3 Altcoins to Its Crypto Push<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been a great deal of institutional interest in crypto assets over the last two years, and on Thursday, the $13 trillion asset manager Charles Schwab announced that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/13t-asset-manager-charles-schwab-adds-3-altcoins-to-its-crypto-push\/\">expanding its digital asset listings<\/a> beyond bitcoin\u2026<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Editor\u2019s comment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Just in time for a bull market, or at least the bottom of the bear market, the institutions are providing more access to crypto for clients. With ETPs increasingly becoming one of the main sources of buy pressure, this is exactly the thing bagholders want to see.<\/p>\n<p><b>Circle Mints 5 Billion USDC in a Week as Supply Race With Tether Heats up<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Circle <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/circle-mints-5-billion-usdc-tether-race\/\">minted roughly 5 billion USDC<\/a> over the past week, according to onchain trackers, in one of its largest weekly issuance pushes yet\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.news.bitcoin.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F08%2Fcircle-mints-5-billion-usdc-in-a-week-as-supply-race-with-tether-heats-up3_nwmk.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Circle Mints 5 Billion USDC in a Week as Supply Race With Tether Heats up\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Editor\u2019s comment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With a slight lag, the market cap of all stablecoins typically lines up with bull and bear cycles, and with that number breaking its downtrend over the last couple weeks, it bodes well for crypto. More digital dollars in the internet of money equals more potential buy pressure and liquidity.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bessent\u2019s Bond Buyback Gamble Could Pour Fuel on Bitcoin\u2019s Price<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price reclaimed $80,000 per unit on Thursday after breaking past a key $79,000 resistance level, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/finance\/bessents-bond-buyback-gamble-could-pour-fuel-on-bitcoin-price\/\">driving its market capitalization back<\/a> to $1.61 trillion\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.news.bitcoin.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F08%2Fbessents-bond-buyback-gamble-could-pour-fuel-on-bitcoin-price.png&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Bessent's Bond Buyback Gamble Could Pour Fuel on Bitcoin's Price\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Editor\u2019s comment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The reaction to Bessent\u2019s new strategy may be overblown and narrative-driven for now, but Ray Dalio notes that lowering yields may force those with fixed income-style investments to go more into safe havens like gold and Bitcoin, which have both trended higher since the Treasury\u2019s announcement<\/p>\n<p><b>Druckenmiller Blasts Treasury\u2019s $4B Gambit as Bitcoin Bulls Circle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Treasury is pushing back against punishing long-term government borrowing costs, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/finance\/druckenmiller-blasts-treasurys-4b-gambit-as-bitcoin-bulls-circle\/\">dragging a decades-old yield control debate<\/a> back onto Wall Street just as bitcoin\u2019s price\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.news.bitcoin.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F09%2FJCO8jK0s-stanley-druckenmiller.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Druckenmiller Blasts Treasury's $4B Gambit as Bitcoin Bulls Circle\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Editor\u2019s comment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As Jamie Redman notes, this is, in fact, a decades old debate, and the Treasury\u2019s buybacks don\u2019t amount to formal yield curve control or \u201cQE.\u201d However, in a narrative-driven market environment, prices tend to look for any excuse they can to move in the direction they want.<\/p>\n<p><b>Coinbase, Better Open Bitcoin Mortgages After $260M Waitlist Demand<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Qualified homebuyers can <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/coinbase-better-open-bitcoin-mortgages-after-260m-waitlist-demand\/\">cover their cash down payment<\/a> by borrowing against bitcoin instead of selling it, keeping the main mortgage a standard Fannie Mae loan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.news.bitcoin.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F08%2Fcoinbase-inc-1.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Coinbase, Better Open Bitcoin Mortgages After $260M Waitlist Demand\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Editor\u2019s comment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Coinbase is making serious strides to becoming the winning \u201csuper app\u201d when it comes to crypto. While not a particularly sexy product and not without its disadvantages to a traditional mortgage, crypto-backed mortgages are a real use case that is actually already up and running and apparently has real demand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/bessents-bond-buyback-gamble-druckenmillers-response-and-more-weekly-recap\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) WEEK IN REVIEW Key Takeaways Charles Schwab added SOL, AVAX and LINK as its $13T crypto push expands beyond BTC and ETH. Circle minted 5B USDC in 1 week, signaling stronger liquidity as stablecoin supply rebounds. 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