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…
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
#32When 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.
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#33Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air
#34So what happens if the owner of that billion attempts to convert one thousand into USD?
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#351. 1 billion is just 1.33% of the total USD Tether has issued.
2. USDC also issued 1bn in the last 24 hours.
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#36"$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?
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#37Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air
#38When 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...
Minting is the first step in the process.
Re: Approx. 24 hours ago, Tether printed 1B $USDT out of thin air
#39When 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.
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
#40So what happens if the owner of that billion attempts to convert one thousand into USD?