you have to understand that coinbase does not use USDT but USD
Does Bitfinex trade USDT? On their website is diplayed USD ...
Yeah you are right. I also wonder how and why different exchanges show different prices of bitcoin at the same time. I think they want to catch the buyers and sellers to show some high price than the actual price. We cannot trust all the exchanges because of scams. I always use Binance and Okpay for my transactions because these two are the best exchanges in the world and more authentic than others.