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Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

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Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#31

Every time there's a tether story here, the inevitable discussion of fraudulent activity comes up because Tether seems like an outright scam. I'm inclined to believe all that from what I've read and however little I can make sense of. However, I can't really tell how this ends. They seem confident that there will be no repercussions to minting money out of thin air and, so far, they've been right. Eventually, that's…

Beyond the fraud allegations, the idea that an organisation can just print extra money as they see fit, doesn’t that go against the principles of crypto finance? I am genuinely curious why people think that is a sustainable idea.

Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#32

When it says out of thin air, it means that is some verifiable confirmation of no collateral? Or is the "out of thin air" part just means normal minting?

No one has seen any of their collateral or knows how much of it they actually have. I believe the finance people call this being over-leveraged but I'm not an expert. Seems kinda weird that the SEC hasn't looked into it.

I think the SEC would have to first establish it as a security, no? It’s currently in a legs grey area.

Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#36

"$USDT" seems intentionally named to confuse people and imply that there's some relationship to, like, actual dollars. Has the US government ever sued somebody for trademark infringement?

If they couldn't stop eurodollars back in the day maybe they can't stop USDT for the same reason.

Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#38
post #22

When it says out of thin air, it means that is some verifiable confirmation of no collateral? Or is the "out of thin air" part just means normal minting?

Tether is super shady but this headline is unnecessarily editorialized. Also, this USDT is "authorized but not yet issued" so technically it only needs to be backed once it's issued. https://tether.to/tether-issuance-primer/ https://thecaspiancey.medium.com/understanding-tether-missio...

This is the only knowledgeable answers in this thread.

Minting is the first step in the process.

Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#39

When it says out of thin air, it means that is some verifiable confirmation of no collateral? Or is the "out of thin air" part just means normal minting?

No one has seen any of their collateral or knows how much of it they actually have. I believe the finance people call this being over-leveraged but I'm not an expert. Seems kinda weird that the SEC hasn't looked into it.

I mean to be fair, they did have an auditor back in 2018. But the auditor quit before completing their investigation.

Auditors quitting is never a good sign.

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/01/27/tether-confirms-...

Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air

#40
post #27

So what happens if the owner of that billion attempts to convert one thousand into USD?

They get one thousand USD (but I think they need to wait until a 3rd party wants to do the trade). That works right up until the inevitable collapse. Anyone who holds Tether is a fool. That's even dumber than buying an NFT.
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