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Re:Binance freezes withdrawals of stablecoin USDC as investo... by Animats on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:38PM (#33975382)
> I do think Tether is not fully backed and is likely to depeg some day.

Which is a good reason to get out. Stablecoins have only two stable points, 1 and 0. When they crash, they go all the way. Look at what happened with the stablecoins that already crashed.

Re:Binance freezes withdrawals of stablecoin USDC as investo... by landemva on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:18PM (#33975944)
1 or 0 is true of government currencies. The unknown is when. For the Bretton Woods USD 'when' was August 15 1971.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/nixon-shock