Re:Tether is now the 17th largest holder of US debt
by btilly on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:21PM
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Tether is a bubble because it is an organization run by criminals, that has in the past been convicted of fraud, and is unable to pass a basic financial audit.
The most reasonable explanation is that it is a Ponzi scheme. Which will appear to work right until it doesn't. And if it stops working, the entire crypto universe will implode.
That said, the current President and many who are close to him have significant portions of money invested in crypto. That depend on Tether. There is therefore a reasonable expectation that the US government will covertly back Tether for the next several years if there is any prospect of a collapse.
This expectation is supported by Trump's declaration last March of creating a "strategic crypto reserve" for the USA. See https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/esta.... On the face of it, this executive order only helps crypto by taking some of it out of circulation. But the provision in 3C of creating "budget neutral" strategies for acquiring more bitcoin, could easily cover converting actual USD to Tether. Particularly if the Tether was available at a discount to the USD.
The most reasonable explanation is that it is a Ponzi scheme. Which will appear to work right until it doesn't. And if it stops working, the entire crypto universe will implode.
That said, the current President and many who are close to him have significant portions of money invested in crypto. That depend on Tether. There is therefore a reasonable expectation that the US government will covertly back Tether for the next several years if there is any prospect of a collapse.
This expectation is supported by Trump's declaration last March of creating a "strategic crypto reserve" for the USA. See https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/esta.... On the face of it, this executive order only helps crypto by taking some of it out of circulation. But the provision in 3C of creating "budget neutral" strategies for acquiring more bitcoin, could easily cover converting actual USD to Tether. Particularly if the Tether was available at a discount to the USD.