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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: How safe is Tether.to/USDT?
by
Francis Freeman
on 22/09/2020, 10:25:02 UTC
Hi everyone,

I'm just wondering about people's opinions on how safe is Tether.to/USDT? In terms of putting largish amount of money in there ($10k+), what is the risk of the service going out of business, or not honoring withdrawals? I.e. what is the risk of another Mt Gox, Mintpal or Cryptsy incident on here?

I can see that it still says "Beta" on the main page, and that it's a Hong Kong outfit. Not sure what kind of financial regulation/overwatch they have over there when it comes to these things.

I guess other little warning bells are that they don't have an easily accessible support link on their user interface (you can however email support@tether.to), or at least I couldn't easily find it.

Is there a safer way (which is still easy and cheap) to park some USD while BTC is going through it's fluctuations?

Thanks

It is always risky to hold any big amount in exchange even if is USDT which is supposedly backed by real us dollar. Always keep it in a personal wallet and preferably hardware wallet.