Moody's classes the USA, Bitcoin signals trust from the investor

In a historical step, Moody's has downgraded the long -term creditworthiness of the United States from AAA to AA1, and the exploding deficits, the growing interest burden and the failure to implement financial policy reforms as reasons.

Dies Is that The first time that the country has lost its highest credit rating from the large rating agencies after S&P and 2023 Fitch downgraded their ratings in 2011.

The agency warned that the deficits of the federal government could increase to 9% of GDP by 2035 without significant political changes – compared to 6.4% in 2024 – since the interest payments would devour a larger part of the government expenditure. While Moody's kept the outlook “stable” due to the global role of the dollar and the depth of the US financial markets, the downgrading signals a dwindling confidence in the Washington Course Course.

The reaction of the markets was behavior: the returns for government bonds increased slightly, while the share prices remained largely stable. However, analysts indicate that the symbolic importance of this downgrade could affect the long-term perception of the US debt as a “risk-free” system.

In the middle of this turbulence, Bitcoin continued to be stable over $ 100,000, which many see as a sign for his changing role as protection against government credit risks. At the time of the publication of this article, BTC was $ 103,600 and, despite the general volatility of the old coins, recorded moderate profits.

The resistance of Bitcoin, especially during state credit disorders, reflects its performance during the downgrading by Fitch last year. Once primarily regarded as a speculative asset, cryptocurrency increasingly behaves like macroeconomic protection – which suggests comparisons with gold and other defensive systems.

The downgrading has continued to fuel the thesis that decentralized assets that are not bound to state liabilities become legitimate alternatives in a world in which even the most trustworthy state loans can falter.