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The post S&P Deals Blow to Tether With Rock-Bottom USDt Rating appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The row rating was given due to USTt’s exposure to volatile assets like Bitcoin and gold, a lack of full audits, and comparatively loose oversight in El Salvador. Tether rejected the assessment as misleading, and explained that most of its reserves are in low-risk US Treasurys. At the same time, new data from Glassnode shows a strong inverse correlation between Bitcoin’s price and USDt exchange flows, with large USDT outflows historically aligning with BTC peaks and profit-taking phases.  S&P Drops Hammer on Tether’s USDt S&P Global Ratings downgraded Tether’s USDt to the lowest rating on its stablecoin stability scale, which raises concerns about the token’s ability to consistently maintain its one-to-one peg with the US dollar. The agency pointed to what it considers an elevated level of “higher-risk” assets in Tether’s reserves, including Bitcoin, gold, secured loans, and corporate debt instruments.  S&P rating given to USDt According to S&P, Bitcoin alone accounts for 5.6% of all USDt in circulation, This allocation exceeds the 3.9% buffer implied by Tether’s reported 103.9% collateralization ratio. Because these assets are more volatile than cash or Treasurys, a sharp downturn could potentially weaken collateral coverage. Breakdown of reserves (Source: S&P Global) S&P also mentioned regulatory leniency as a factor behind the downgrade. Tether is headquartered in El Salvador and supervised by the country’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), which has far looser requirements for reserve composition compared to major financial jurisdictions. The ratings agency pointed to the ongoing absence of full audits or detailed, independently verified proof-of-reserve disclosures as another core weakness. Despite the negative rating, S&P acknowledged that roughly 75% of USDt’s backing consists of US Treasurys and short-term instruments viewed as low-risk. Tether disputes the downgrade, and called the report “misleading” by arguing that it ignores key data about the token’s long…