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Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by seppel on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:19PM (#17146790)
But you can easily buy BTC using USDT and then sell the BTC somewhere for real USD. Where are the reports of people stuck with USDT?
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Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by ttul on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:07PM (#17147824)
Nobody will be stuck with USDT until the Ponzi scheme is finally revealed in the form of an indictment. Until then, investors don’t hesitate to hold a few USDT now and then, because the likelihood of being stuck with them when it all goes to hell is small.
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Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by seppel on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:38PM (#17148184)
> investors don’t hesitate to hold a few USDT now and then

But it is not "now and then". It is 2.8 billion all the time! Maybe they are hold by different people at different times. Yet, they have to be held somewhere by someone all the time, who think that it is a good idea to have USDT instead of USD or BTC.

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Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by CyberDildonics on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:21PM (#17148526)
You lose a percentage of what you exchange
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