"World's top credit rater S&P declares Bitcoin is becoming global collateral."
https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2021255531445252352The choice of the verb "to declare" could be seen as somewhat misleading and understood as a kind of official endorsement by S&P. For this reason, I took the liberty to adjust the word in question in the forum post title.
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"World's top credit rater S&P declares Bitcoin is becoming global collateral" Is this claim true? Can you please do a search to confirm or refute this? Thank you.
"Short answer
Not exactly. S&P Global Ratings and S&P-related analysts have not issued a formal proclamation that “Bitcoin is now global collateral,” but S&P analysts and other market commentators have noted a clear trend: Bitcoin is increasingly being used as collateral in lending and credit structures — and S&P’s recent activity (including a first Bitcoin‑linked corporate credit rating) is consistent with growing institutional acceptance.
What the evidence shows
S&P analysts have commented on rising use of Bitcoin as collateral. Public interviews and commentary from S&P Global Ratings staff discuss declining volatility over time and “increasing use of Bitcoin as collateral.”
S&P has begun to engage directly with Bitcoin‑linked credit business. In late 2025 S&P Global Ratings published a corporate credit rating for a company whose borrowing model is tied to Bitcoin, which market coverage described as a milestone for institutional credit markets. This is a sign of mainstream credit‑market engagement, not a legal reclassification of Bitcoin as global collateral.
Other market commentators have used the phrase “becoming collateral.” Commodity strategists and crypto commentators have said Bitcoin is “becoming collateral,” but those quotes come from individuals (e.g., Mike McGlone) and media coverage, not from an S&P corporate policy statement."
