Bitcoin dropped to around $61,500 in recent days, its weakest level in roughly four months, and Peter Schiff wasted no time connecting that slide to a broader argument he has been making about stablecoins.
A Stablecoin On The Move
USDT has become a dominant tool for moving money across crypto markets, and its reach now extends into payments, remittances, and digital dollar transfers — a trend he says supports his case.
USDT holds a one-dollar peg, setting it apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum, and that stability makes it the go-to choice for users who want to move money without taking on price risk.
The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum. It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin too. The only question is how long it will take.
Not His First WarningHe has also pointed to weakness in tech stocks as a pressure point for Bitcoin, noting that the crypto asset has relied on the broader tech rally for support.
“It looks like the correction in tech stocks has finally begun,” Schiff said. “As tech stocks sell off, Bitcoin should crash. Gold will likely head in the opposite direction.”Bitcoin recently suffered a sharp hourly decline of more than $2,000, briefly touching $61,460, as selling pressure spread across the market and triggered over $1 billion in leveraged liquidations.
USDT’s Growing ReachAt current figures, USDT would need to grow by roughly 15% to pull ahead of Ethereum, while matching Bitcoin’s $1.28 trillion market cap would require a far larger expansion of nearly seven times its present size.
Schiff’s prediction has drawn attention not just for its boldness but for its timing, arriving as stablecoin adoption continues rising and crypto markets face renewed turbulence.
Whether the prediction holds up remains an open question, though the narrowing gap between USDT and Ethereum suggests the first part of his forecast may not be far off.
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