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<p>Peter Schiff, the longtime Bitcoin critic and gold advocate, has renewed his bearish stance on crypto's two largest assets, this time directing his argument toward Tether. Schiff said Tether's market capitalization will surpass Ethereum <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ETH</a> and, in time, exceed Bitcoin <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> as well, framing the outcome as a near-certainty. The only open question, he argued, is how long the process will take.</p><h2 id="tether-s-growing-weight-in-the-market">Tether's Growing Weight in the Market</h2><p>Schiff's remarks carry some numerical context. <cite>Tether currently holds a CoinMarketCap ranking of third among all cryptocurrencies, with a live market cap of roughly $187.9 billion.</cite><cite>As of April 2026, outstanding USDT sat near $190 billion, up from roughly $118 billion at the start of 2025.</cite> That trajectory has been driven by demand well beyond trading. <cite>Emerging-market adoption has been a key driver, with countries including Argentina, Turkey, Nigeria, and Venezuela treating USDT as a savings and remittance rail, pushing supply higher when local currencies come under pressure.</cite></p><p><cite>USDT claims to be fully backed by reserves including US Treasury bills, cash equivalents, and other assets, and remains the largest stablecoin by market capitalization and the most widely used trading pair in crypto markets.</cite> Whether that scale eventually allows it to close the gap on Bitcoin's market cap is a separate, more contentious question, and Schiff's framing is consistent with his broader view that Bitcoin's value is illusory rather than an objective reading of Tether's growth.</p><h2 id="bitcoin-under-pressure-but-holding-near-support">Bitcoin Under Pressure, But Holding Near Support</h2><p>Despite his longer-term prediction, Schiff acknowledged that Bitcoin found short-term support near $61,000, bouncing more than $2,000 from its recent lows. The price action comes after a turbulent stretch for the asset. <cite>US spot Bitcoin ETFs had bled an estimated $3.5 billion across their longest outflow streak since 2024, representing the largest monthly exodus of 2026.</cite><cite>More than $1.8 billion in leveraged positions were also liquidated within a 24-hour window, the biggest wipeout since February.</cite></p><p><cite>Schiff's broader argument remains consistent: he has long claimed Bitcoin lacks intrinsic value compared to gold and views the current cycle as another speculative excess waiting to unwind.</cite><cite>His warnings generate headlines every cycle, though critics note he has been calling for Bitcoin's collapse for well over a decade while the asset has repeatedly recovered from far worse drawdowns.</cite></p><p>Whether Tether's market cap eventually overtakes Bitcoin's depends on trajectories that remain far from settled. Bitcoin's cap reflects price volatility as much as adoption, while Tether's grows one dollar at a time. For now, Schiff's prediction reads more as provocation than forecast, though the stablecoin's relentless growth gives it at least a statistical basis worth watching.</p><p><b>Sources:</b><br><a href="https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/03/bitcoin-price-will-crash-to-20k-once-it-breaks-50k-peter-schiff/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Crypto Times: Bitcoin Price Will Crash to $20K Once It Breaks $50K, Peter Schiff</a><br><a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinMarketCap: Tether (USDT) Live Price and Market Cap</a><br><a href="https://beincrypto.com/peter-schiff-bitcoin-20000-prediction/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BeInCrypto: Peter Schiff Predicts a Brutal Bitcoin Crash to $20,000</a></p>

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