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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by btilly on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:32PM (#33563812)
Well patio11 just came out with a whole article of BAM about leverage: https://bam.kalzumeus.com/archive/demystifying-financial-lev...

The point of this article was to make the consequences of the following statement clear:

And now you know enough to understand what I'm saying with an otherwise opaque statement like "Tether is 35:1 levered on risky assets during market contagion."

Yes, if everything goes Tether's way, they can weather anything, forever. But eventually it won't, and they won't.

Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by toomuchtodo on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:04PM (#33565184)
Ahh, they’re fucked. Thanks for the link.