$36T Debt Crisis Sparks Coinbase CEO's Unconventional Plan

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has proposed a radical solution to address the US's $36 trillion debt crisis. In a recent post on X, he questioned whether the US Constitution is equipped to handle modern fiscal reality.

According to Armstrong, America's founding document lacks two critical guardrails: a cap on government spending growth and a requirement that the currency be backed by hard assets. He suggests amending the Constitution, creating special economic zones with new governance frameworks, or growing the economy so fast through AI, robotics, and crypto that the debt becomes irrelevant.

The US national debt has ballooned to approximately $39 trillion, growing by roughly $1 trillion every 100 days. Interest payments on the national debt now exceed the entire US defense budget.