[Tether CEO Responds to S&P Rating: 'We Take Pride in Your Hatred,' Traditional Rating Models Are Flawed] Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino responded to S&P's rating on the X platform, stating: 'We take pride in your "hatred" toward Tether's rating. The classic rating models designed for traditional financial institutions have historically guided countless individuals and organizations to invest their wealth in companies that, despite receiving investment-grade ratings, ultimately went bankrupt. This has also prompted global regulators to question these models themselves, as well as the so-called independence and objectivity of all major rating agencies. When companies attempt to challenge the "gravity" of this broken financial system, the propaganda machine of traditional finance becomes increasingly anxious—no enterprise should dare to decouple from it. Yet Tether has built the first company in the financial industry that is excessively capitalized and holds no toxic reserve assets. Moreover, we continue to maintain exceptionally high profitability. Tether itself is a living example proving that the traditional financial system is riddled with flaws, to the extent that those so-called "emperors" with empty reputations have begun to fear it.' Earlier reports indicated that S&P Global downgraded USDT's stability rating to the lowest tier, warning of Bitcoin exposure risks.