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Crypto market analyst Adam Livingston has sharply criticized S&P Global Ratings after the agency assigned a ‘B-’ issuer credit rating to Strategy Inc. He called the assessment “hilarious” and said it reveals how deeply traditional finance misunderstands Bitcoin-based capital models. S&P Slams Bitcoin Holdings as Capital Weakness Livingston said the company has been unfairly classified as a high-risk entity. He argued that the rating ignores the strength of its balance sheet and misrepresents Bitcoin as a liability rather than an asset. He added that S&P’s model effectively punishes Bitcoin adoption by labeling growth in digital reserves as a weakening of capital. The controversy began when an S&P report stated that most of Strategy Inc’s assets are in Bitcoin. It also noted that the company is expected to keep adding significantly to its Bitcoin holdings. Hence, the agency said it will continue to view the company’s capital as a weakness. This aligns with Michael Saylor’s long-term plan for Strategy to own Bitcoin worth $1 trillion. Livingston called the statement the most revealing admission yet about how traditional finance undervalues assets that exist outside government control. The analyst said that if Strategy held U.S. Treasuries, S&P would classify the reserves as “high-quality capital.” Yet because Strategy holds Bitcoin, which he called “the hardest asset in human history,” the agency labels it as negative equity. Analysts Say S&P’s Rating Exposes Limits of Legacy Credit Models Livingston concluded that the S&P rating reveals less about Strategy’s actual risk and more about the limits of the legacy financial system. His view echoes Michael Saylor’s belief that Bitcoin will continue to outperform the S&P 500 and other traditional benchmarks. The analyst said the incident marks a defining moment where digital assets confront the old structures in terms of credit and capital valuation. He said this approach…

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