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Re:Tether minted most USDT to just 2 firms – Alameda and Cum... by godot on Thursday August 12, 2021 @12:20PM (#28158194)
Well, there's no FDIC, so there's no government making sure you get your money back if the organization holding your money shut down.

There's a number of companies offering something similar, like Celsius and Blockfi and a few others. Do your own research, and no need to go near it if not comfortable with it.

Things could go either way from here on out, perhaps crypto is the future and 8.88% interest for stablecoins will be the standard; or perhaps it'll all come crashing down and all cryptos go poof in a few years. Who knows? Point being, when a new paradigm comes along, it usually seems strange and uncomfortable enough to feel suspicious. Maybe it's legit, maybe not, there's a chance for either case.

Re:Tether minted most USDT to just 2 firms – Alameda and Cum... by lupire on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:43AM (#28170380)
The exact number "8.88%" kind of screams "scam targetted at Chinese culture".
Re:Tether minted most USDT to just 2 firms – Alameda and Cum... by godot on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:31PM (#28171104)
That number varies, it's a weekly rate. I've been with Celsius for a while now and I know USDC interest rates used to be 10+% not too long ago (a couple months maybe?). Also, that's just their US rate for USDC and a few other assets. BTC interest rate is 6.2% right now. Internationally, the USDC interest rate is 11.21% with rewards in CEL.

Celsius is a British company and is also HQ'd in the US now.