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by eudoxus 1496 days ago
"when exiting positions in the market" this statement applies only if you exit using tether.io. You can always (if they have the cash on hand) swap 1 USDT for 1 USD.

They can't make that guarantee for <insert random exchange order book>. The reason it stays "mostly" at $1 on exchanges is because arbitragers are incentivized to do so.

But again, 1USDT is ALWAYS 1USD on tether.io.

So yes, the statement you quoted is accurate.
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ThePhysicist 1496 days ago
Redeeming Tether via the official route takes several days as I understand (in the current situation probably more like several weeks?). So if you're a large investor you have the choice of either trusting Tether to be able to make good on the promised redemption, not knowing if it will be the case for days or weeks, or you can just go to the market and sell your Tether there at a 2 % loss. As an investor I'd always go for the second route as there's large downside risk and almost no upside potential when redeeming via tether.to. No sane investor would risk losing 100 % of their assets to escape a 2 % haircut.
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hhmc 1496 days ago
> But again, 1USDT is ALWAYS 1USD on tether.io.

Until you can't redeem and 1USDT is 0USD on tether.io. The price on a 'random orderbook' is reflecting this risk.

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eudoxus 1496 days ago
> You can always (if they have the cash on hand) swap 1 USDT for 1 USD

Exactly, until you can't as I outlined.

The price on a randombook is a function of many things, including "percieved" risk. Its also a function of liquidity/depth and the willingness to exit fast, ignoring the 1-3% fee.

Everyone and their grandfather knows tether doesn't have 1:1 asset reserves for their $80B market cap. But noone knows how much they do have and how long they can keep up the charade.

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Sandworm5639 1495 days ago
* 1USDT is always $0.999 on tether.io

* But only if you're exchanging at least $1'000'000(and you can't exchange at all below $100'000)

* But only after you've paid $150 verification fee.(all per https://tether.to/en/fees/)

* And of course "Tether reserves the right to delay the redemption or withdrawal of Tether Tokens if such delay is necessitated by the illiquidity or unavailability or loss of any Reserves held by Tether to back the Tether Tokens" (https://tether.to/en/legal/)

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