If Tether fails, and it should, the above scenario is exactly what would have happen. The good thing, is that from the ashes of current BS a real Crypto market will be born, and it will be great in the long run for the space.
exactly. BTC existed before USDT, but market cap was tiny. It took fake money, aka stable coins, to create 1 trillion market cap. Let’s see what the real value is without fake money
exactly, same would have happened to Buffett had he not forced the rule change, where mark to marked did not apply anyone. Any one of us would be wiped out completely.
I am sure places like binance or kucoin have product for this. But the question will they pay up??? My bet, they would suspend withdrawal of huge windfall.
Not cynical at all. I easily change my mind when facts change. This is why I algo trade. Software is programmed to adopt to market changes. The main thing I learned over the years to not stick to any belief in the market. The moment facts change, you must change with them or it will cost you...
They already disclosed that they have little USD about 3% plus another 3-4% in treasuries, the rest is what they call commercial paper. This is where it gets interesting, when they had 60 billion market cap (they now 80 billion), Bloomberg interviewed every bank that deals with commercial paper...
For sure, I real pain has not happened yet. TESLA under 100 is real pain. The funny thing even under 100 it will be one of the most valued car companies in the world.