#us debt

The post Tether’s $141 billion Treasury pile reveals the stablecoin risk now embedded in US debt appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Make CryptoSlate preferred on There’s a huge contradiction sitting at the center of modern American finance. The same industry regulators tried to isolate from the mainstream financial system has become one of the largest US Treasury buyers on the planet. Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, closed 2025 with total direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries surpassing $141 billion, making it one of the largest holders of American government debt worldwide. The company itself said it was the 17th largest overall, and the largest non-sovereign holder of US debt, a ranking that makes some policymakers nervous and others genuinely relieved. The US government spent years debating whether to ban digital assets like stablecoins, restrict them, or treat them as a fringe curiosity. Then, finally, after over a decade of a legal standst