Re:Tether Required Recapitalization in May 2022
by graeme on Saturday May 21, 2022 @03:21PM
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By claiming certain entities can redeem 1:1. No one has ever documented a Tether redemption. They have a very tiny number of clients and the terms say they don’t have to redeem at all.
Re:Tether Required Recapitalization in May 2022
by drexlspivey on Saturday May 21, 2022 @03:28PM
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> No one has ever documented a Tether redemption
Are you just making stuff up? There were $10B worth of redemptions only last week.
Re:Tether Required Recapitalization in May 2022
by graeme on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:29PM
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No there was a $10 billion market cap reduction. The exchange rate on Tether’s owned exchange, Bitfinex was $1 most of the past week where it was less elsewhere. Likely Tether was using open market operations to trade dollars for Tethers and keep the rate up.
Documenting a redemption would involve using the official redemption mechanism where you redeem $100,000+ at a time, pay a $100-$1000 fee, get a wire transfer from Tether etc. If you can find anyone ever documenting having done that, let me know
Re:Tether Required Recapitalization in May 2022
by drexlspivey on Friday May 27, 2022 @06:53PM
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How about the CEO of FTX who says they are doing it every day ?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/odd-lots-...
Re:Tether Required Recapitalization in May 2022
by graeme on Saturday May 28, 2022 @07:23PM
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Sam Bankman Fried would be among those most likely to be co-defendants in a trial.
But, what I said was it’s never been documented.
* Does he buy Tether at par or at a discount?
* Can he redeem when he wants, in any quantity, or do they have arrangements?
* Is he redeeming for dollars or in kind? Terms allow for latter
* Does he buy with dollars or with commercial paper?
I do not believe he has shown material which would let us answer any of these questions
USDT maintains its peg by allowing certain entities to redeem USDT 1 to 1. How much USDT's price fluctuates depends on how well that mechanism works, and market conditions.