An average of 16.8 veterans committed suicide per day in 2020 according to Department of U.S. Veterans Affairs data. Adjusting for population differences, the rate of suicide for veterans was 57.3% greater than the non-veteran population.

Gabe Lord, veteran and founder of Operation Bitcoin, thinks that the lack of purpose following their service is a key driver of this trend. Operation Bitcoin is a nonprofit he founded which seeks to train veterans for work and community building in the bitcoin space.