[seibelj]

I worked at Circle https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/48857/former-head-of-cir...

[microtherion]

That article was published in December 2019, when $4B of Tether had been issued in total, and covers an unspecified earlier period.

Are you sure that the $20B of Tether issued since then have an identical origin story?