Tether starting to lose its peg too, after Terra did

Re:Tether starting to lose its peg too, after Terra did by CaptainZapp on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:05AM (#31350190)

> In the short term, they have the reserves for sure.

Why for sure?

Their "audits" and other information provided that they have the reserves were rather unsubstantial, if not outright dodgy.

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Re:Tether starting to lose its peg too, after Terra did by dragontamer on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:15AM (#31350273)

Short term, USDT kept enough reserves to hold the peg steady for years.

I'm not saying USDT was 100% backed. They probably could have accomplished all of this with just 20% backing, maybe even less. But in the short term, only 20% of people would ever "test" the reserves so to speak.

Now I don't know how much USDT was fraudulent... I do believe a lot of it was fraud. But there's clearly a nugget of truth, a nugget of backing that kept the price steady last year and the year before.

Once that "nugget" of stability runs out, its all over.

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