> The concern around Tether may well be justified, but some of the things I've seen presented as evidence suggest a lack of understanding about what normal exchange activity can look like.

MOST of the concerns I've seen about Tether are based on a lack of understanding about how most markets work.

Its funny to me because the reasons I don't use Tether have to do with it being centralized in general, (with the assumption that they are full reserve). The systemic risk fractional reserve fear is why other people are concerned about Tether, and it doesn't really matter? That company is a huge target either way! If they seek to prove their reserve by an accountant, then their banking partner gets exposed and will close Tether's accounts, or that bank will be cut off by other banks.

This is what has happened in the past, when Wells Fargo cut them out of their international wires route.