Is Tether trustworthy?

Tether is not a central bank, bank or regulated in any way by any country other than British Virgin Islands . It is not audited, has been fined by financial regulators for financial misconduct and revealed that its stablecoin is mostly not backed by the US dollar. Yet, tether still trades at about a dollar.

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Does Tether still exist?

According to a study by CryptoCompare, a global cryptocurrency market data provider, bitcoin to Tether trading still represents the majority of BTC traded into fiat or stablecoin . In February 2021, 57% of all bitcoin trading was done in USDT. 5 Tether remains a major source of liquidity for the cryptocurrency market.

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Is USDT same as Bitcoin?

Tether (often called by its symbol USDT) is a cryptocurrency that is hosted on the Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains, among others . Its tokens are issued by the Hong Kong company Tether Limited, which in turn is controlled by the owners of Bitfinex.

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