And this is a perfect example as to why the crypto technology is still in its early days. Why on earth is there no check on if coins are being sent to a non-0X addresses if you are sending Tether? The exchanges could make this address check, but it would be great if it was incorporated into the cryptocurrency currency instead in case exchanges are lazy and do not develop such a user-friendly feature.

It could be done but exchanges do not seem to care about their customers funds.