Geez, just because the current banking system also has risks in their investments doesn't mean they are the same as Tether. The amount of risks we are talking about is completely different. The US banks are backed by insurances, which are backed by the US government and Fed. This Tether company is registered in a tax haven and this guy supposedly lives somewhere in Hongkong. Most of their reserve are in offshore shady private banks since major banks won't accept cryptocurrency related transactions. There is a whole history how this guy found some banker from his hometown to start off the Tether reserve things. This Tether guy also was involved in fraud before. They could literally just disappear tomorrow with all the money and you can't even find him. So before putting out such claims like all the banks are the same as Tether, do your research first and stop blanket generalization.