Just caught wind of Treasury Secretary Bessent's recent comments on Denmark's position in US treasuries—and his take is pretty blunt. According to him, the size of any single country's treasury holdings is essentially irrelevant to the broader economic picture, using Denmark as an example to illustrate how small these positions really are on the global scale.
What's interesting here isn't just the rhetoric, but what it signals about US fiscal policy priorities. When Treasury officials start publicly downplaying foreign holdings, it often reflects confidence in domestic demand for debt instruments—or at least a willingness to project that confidence.
For those of us watching macro trends, this matters because treasury yields and dollar strength directly influence capital flows into crypto and alternative assets. When international actors feel their positions matter less in the conversation, it can shift expectations around interest rates and currency dynamics. Whether that's bullish or bearish for your portfolio probably depends on your specific exposure.
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NonFungibleDegen
· 13h ago
ngl bessent basically said "lol denmark who?" and now i'm aping into this macro narrative... prob nothing but the fed talking big dick energy about domestic demand is lowkey bullish for alts, right? when they stop caring about foreign holders, rates go brrrr... or maybe they dump? idk ser i'm just here checking floor prices and coping
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GasFeeCrybaby
· 13h ago
The U.S. Treasury Department is throwing a fit again? Saying that Denmark's U.S. debt holdings are insignificant... This is outrageous. Is this a warning to all countries?
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PonziDetector
· 13h ago
Bessent's words are quite arrogant, basically telling the whole world "your US debt positions don't matter"—a typical display of dollar hegemony confidence.
Wait, if the demand for government bonds were really so stable, why come out so confidently to deny the influence of foreign holdings... wouldn't that suggest some insecurity?
If US bond yields really start to move, liquidity on the crypto side will definitely change, and that's the key point.
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PrivacyMaximalist
· 13h ago
Denmark's US bond holdings are really not enough to look at, but it's interesting that they say this out loud—America is showing some backbone.
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MetaverseLandlord
· 13h ago
Hmm... The US Treasury Secretary's words are equivalent to saying "small countries, don't overthink it," but I think it's hinting that the US has strong confidence in the demand for government bonds.
Just caught wind of Treasury Secretary Bessent's recent comments on Denmark's position in US treasuries—and his take is pretty blunt. According to him, the size of any single country's treasury holdings is essentially irrelevant to the broader economic picture, using Denmark as an example to illustrate how small these positions really are on the global scale.
What's interesting here isn't just the rhetoric, but what it signals about US fiscal policy priorities. When Treasury officials start publicly downplaying foreign holdings, it often reflects confidence in domestic demand for debt instruments—or at least a willingness to project that confidence.
For those of us watching macro trends, this matters because treasury yields and dollar strength directly influence capital flows into crypto and alternative assets. When international actors feel their positions matter less in the conversation, it can shift expectations around interest rates and currency dynamics. Whether that's bullish or bearish for your portfolio probably depends on your specific exposure.