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by Grangar 3063 days ago
That's what I'm expecting to see. An initial run up in crypto value, followed by exchanges collapsing because they relied on USDT in place of fiat.
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Why would exchanges collapse if Tether goes to zero? They wouldn't collapse if Ripple or Iota went to zero.

To an exchange, Tether is just another cryptocurrency. Traders deposit Tether, other traders deposit Ripple or Iota, then the traders trade and the exchange takes a cut.

If any of these goes to zero traders might get wiped out, but how exactly does the exchange go bankrupt?