Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Predicts USDT Will Eclipse BTC

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. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Pressure As Investors Rotate Capital Into AI Buildout: Saylor A Stablecoin On The Move Tether’s USDT has already climbed to a market capitalization of nearly 188 billion, according to data from DeFiLlama, closing the gap with Ethereum to just under 26 billion. Schiff, the economist and longtime Bitcoin critic, says the numbers point to an inevitable outcome. “The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum,” Schiff wrote on X. “It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin, too. The only question is how long it will take.” 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. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 4, 2026 Not His First Warning Schiff has been sounding alarms about Bitcoin for years. His latest comments include a prediction that BTC could eventually fall below 20,000, which would represent a drop of roughly 80 from its October 2025 peak near 126,200. He 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 Reach Reports indicate Ethereum’s position as the second-largest crypto asset is now under pressure from a stablecoin rather than another blockchain competitor. At 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. Related Reading: Bitmine Seeks 300M Raise To Accelerate Ethereum Accumulation Strategy 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. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView