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They claim to hold assets with values equivalent to 1 USD / Tether. Different than holding the USD directly.

They provide a more detailed breakdown here: https://tether.to/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tether_assuranc...

About half in commercial paper and CODs. A quarter in t-bills. 2B in unspecified "digital tokens".



Yes, now that they've been caught claiming to hold 1 USD per Tether without doing so, they claim it's only stuff worth (in their estimation!) 1 USD per Tether. And still refuse to provide any evidence that they are doing so.

Please stop defending them.


I generally agree, not sure why anyone would choose to use Tether when their are alternatives like USDC. However I still think it is important to properly represent Tether's current claims.


Drug/arms/human trafficking operations can have easier time cashing hundreds of millions via shady Tether than US-based audited and KYCed USDC.




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