Compound Treasury receives B- credit rating from S&P Global Ratings By Cointelegraph

On Monday, decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol Compound Treasury announced that it received a credit rating of B- from S&P Global Ratings. As told by the team at Compound, this represents the first time a major credit agency has issued a rating for an institutionalized DeFi protocol. The S&P Global Ratings’ investment suitability scale ranges from AAA (extremely strong) to D (in default). A score of B- indicates the issuer can meet financial commitments, though vulnerabilities to business, financial and economic conditions persist.

Regarding Compound’s rating specifically, S&P Global cites the uncertain regulatory regime for stablecoins such as (USDC), stablecoin-to-fiat convertibility risks and the Treasury’s “limited capital base” along with a 4.00% per annum return obligation for the decision. However, the rating agency says that the Compound protocol’s record of zero losses measured in USDC partially mitigates the risks of the offering.