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In past USDT depeg to around 0.9$ for short time. This is very unlikely to be the case since even if they are insolvent they have a reserve. You probably think that way because of LUNA crash which was backed by almost nothing. For example in defi stablecoins with issues do not depeg to zero or anywhere close to zero if they are still backed to some extent.

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Our opinions differ in that you trust Tether's reserve. I don't.

It has been more than 5 years since they were audited. By their own admission, they have 10 billion of their 66 billion dollars in unsecured loans and "other investments".

An org whose entire raison d' etre is to hold money should be pretty open to outside audits. It should actually be a pretty easy audit.

Why have they been foot-dragging so long?

I didn't said i trust Tether's reserves. However even if with a hole they have a reserve at the end.

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