https://hackernoon.com/the-curious-tale-of-tethers-6b0031eead87https://medium.com/@bitfinexed/are-fraudulent-tethers-being-used-for-margin-lending-on-bitfinex-5de9dd80f330Now I don't want to FUD and fine if this article is not approved here but..
Basically shows that USDT is being printed out of thin air. Not many people seem to care about it on Reddit.
I have stopped using Bitfinex due to this article and wary of using Bittrex which also uses USDT, although Bittrex is more compliant with US laws compared to Bitfinex. If USDT is busted can Bittrex come out and say .. sorry there is no money ..
Sad that I got scared of using Bitfinex though .. it is the best platform for day to day trading.
I guess I want to hear opinions including why it is fine that they print it. Printing USDT in itself is a "scheme". They are effectively printing Bitcoin or anything that trades on any USDT platfrom, since they can print USDT as much as they want.
Effectively they must have printed as much USDT as to cover all deposits accross all USDT exchanges .... a lot. Lets say it is fine for them to print it since crypto pumping covers it....... But what if someone(US SEC, FBI, etc ) shuts down USDT for some reason .. for example there is an audit that shows there is no USD reserve therefore the claims on the USDT site are fraudulent. If they close down USDT servers, would Bittrex survive long enough to pull coins out ? Could Bittrex continue working long enough to withdraw, if USDT servers were shutdown ?
Also, has anyone seen a USDT Audit , which they claim on their site is done "regularly" ?