You know what? Tethers are really a cop-out. I mean the way they are tethering at other instruments, that just makes them to be another fiat, albeit digital fiat by blockchain. And I really don't know how they resolve their value. If their value is going to be ultimately determined by the currency, commodity or crypto that they are tethered to, don't they just become the currency, commodity or crypto that they are tethered to? For example if this crypto is tethered to the USD and if it's USD that's going to determine its value ultimately, isn't this crypto really just USD albeit in digital form?
That's exactly the main point that I've been arguing for months. The "value" of a cryptocurrency is in dollars. We see everyone watching the price
in dollars of any cryptocurrency, hoping to get an increase of
their dollars. Pretty much like you would do with any other investment.
Any asset that is linked to the dollar, in any form, falls into the current financial system. It doesn't matter how you call it, if you exchange it for any fiat currency you are tied to their owners, the actual authority that runs that currency, normally a goverment.
Tether is just another example of a scam, simply because they can generate fake tethers out of nothing. The very same way FTX generated their shitty tokens that disspeared over night, Tether owners have been challenged multiple times and failed to prove where their funds are coming from.
The minute countries start generating CBDCs, cryptos will fall apart. So that nonsense about disrupting the actual current financial system with cryptos is hilarious. They simply can't do anything if they exchange it for dollars.
Now, show me a crypto that does not convert its value on any exchange for dollars. Show me that crypto that is being used to pay goods and services and it is not linked to any fiat currency, then we will start talking. Exchanges like Binance are the places that are killing the main point of cryptocurrencies.