TLDR
- Robert Kiyosaki renewed his call to buy Bitcoin, gold, and silver as hedges against a weakening dollar
- He claimed the Treasury’s expanded bond buyback program was “quantitative easing” and “fake dollars”
- Officials say the program is a liquidity measure, not QE, which only the Federal Reserve can conduct
- Bitcoin traded near $76,000 after a 20% weekly rally driven by ETF inflows and short liquidations
- U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded around $1.92 billion in net inflows across five sessions
Robert Kiyosaki is back with another call to buy Bitcoin. The “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author posted on X on Aug. 22, urging followers to protect their wealth by buying Bitcoin, gold, silver, and selected real estate.
PRINTING MORE FAKE $
US Treasury announces another round of QE (Quantatative Easing) aka printing fake $.
DXY (index of purchasing power of dollars) CRASHES, which means INFLATION Booms….which means savers of fake $ are the biggest losers.
Don’t be a Loser.
As stated in my…
— Robert Kiyosaki (@theRealKiyosaki) August 22, 2026
He argued that financially educated investors move into scarce assets while cash holders lose purchasing power to inflation.
Kiyosaki also claimed the U.S. Treasury was printing “fake dollars” by expanding its bond buyback program. He described it as a new round of quantitative easing.
What the Treasury Actually Announced
That characterization does not hold up. On Aug. 19, the Treasury announced it would raise the maximum size of its long-dated bond buyback operations from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per auction, starting Sept. 9.
Officials described the move as a liquidity measure for 10- to 30-year securities, not a money-printing exercise. Only the Federal Reserve can conduct quantitative easing, which involves expanding the money supply by purchasing financial assets.
Treasury buybacks are a debt-management tool. They replace existing debt through normal government financing operations and do not expand the monetary base.
Kiyosaki’s description of the program as “printing fake dollars” is political rhetoric, not a technical read of the announcement.
Bitcoin’s Rally This Week
Bitcoin did rally sharply around the same time. It climbed more than 20% over the week, reaching close to $79,500 before pulling back to around $76,000 on Aug. 23.
The move was driven by falling long-term bond yields, a weaker U.S. dollar, and forced short liquidations. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs then added to the momentum.
Those funds brought in roughly $1.92 billion in net inflows over five sessions, signaling real demand beyond the short squeeze.
The timing lines up with the Treasury announcement and the bond yield move, but it does not confirm Kiyosaki’s broader inflation argument.
Kiyosaki’s Track Record
His Bitcoin price targets have repeatedly missed. In June 2024, he predicted Bitcoin would hit $350,000 by August of that year. It did not. He has since floated targets of $500,000 and $1 million without providing a valuation model.
Kiyosaki has also sold Bitcoin while staying publicly bullish. In November 2025, he sold $2.25 million worth at around $90,000 per coin, using the proceeds to fund surgery centers and a billboard business.
He has previously warned investors not to buy Bitcoin out of hype alone, which adds some nuance to his latest buy call.
Bitcoin’s next test is whether spot demand from ETF buyers can hold prices up once the short squeeze pressure fades. The Treasury’s new buyback limit takes effect Sept. 9.
