Peter Schiff Warns of Dollar Collapse, Questions Bitcoin Scarcity Model

Gold advocate Peter Schiff issued a stark warning on monetary policy and sparked fresh debate about Bitcoin’s perceived scarcity. In a pair of high-profile posts on July 12, Schiff criticized the current Fed rate stance and challenged the logic behind Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap.

Schiff pointed to rising speculation that Fed Chair Jerome Powell could resign as early as Monday. If confirmed, this could open the door for President Trump to install a new Fed chief willing to slash interest rates to the 1.25%–1.5% range—down from the current 4.25%–4.5%.

Trump has openly called for that target range, citing the need to revive growth. Schiff argues such a move would “nail the coffin shut on the dollar,” triggering a spike in long-term yields, consumer prices, and gold. His message to followers was blunt: easy money now means inflation chaos later.

Schiff: Bitcoin supply cap is psychological, not structural

In a separate tweet, Schiff challenged the significance of Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap. He proposed a thought experiment: what if there were 21 billion BTC instead, each divisible into 100,000 satoshis instead of 100 million?

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Schiff argued that the number of bitcoins is arbitrary—the real scarcity lies in the total satoshi supply, which remains fixed regardless of how BTC units are defined. “Bitcoin’s supply is actually meaningless,” he wrote. “It’s the satoshi supply that counts.”

His comment reignited a long-standing debate in crypto circles: does psychological framing matter more than technical scarcity?

Kosta Gushterov

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