Elon Musk has endorsed a warning that governments face either global bankruptcy or an AI- and robotics-driven surge in productivity that makes debt manageable. The comments came as global debt rose by $10 trillion in the first half of the year to more than $365 trillion, according to the Institute of International Finance, while U.S. debt topped $40 trillion. The International Monetary Fund has urged governments to take urgent action against a debt spiral. Musk has previously warned that the United States could fail without AI and robots and predicted that money may no longer matter within 10 years. JPMorgan Asset Management included Bitcoin in its long-term capital-market assumptions for the first time in October 2026, projecting a 10% annualized return through 2036. Tesla and SpaceX hold about 30,000 Bitcoin worth $2 billion, while an earlier estimate put their combined holdings at approximately 30,221 BTC. Musk has also expanded Bitcoin and crypto features on X and continued to describe energy as the true currency.