News from #USDT
💶 CEO Tether : We are simply exporters of the best product the US has ever created: the dollar.
Paolo Ardoino gave an interview amid allegations of ties to the Donald Trump administration and possible influence on crypto regulation in the US.
Key points:
✧ Tether = US dollar export
⊹ Tether is “an exporter of the best thing the US has ever created – the dollar.”
⊹ In countries with high inflation (Africa, Latin America, Türkiye) people prefer USDT to their national currencies.
✧ Domestic stablecoin for the US
⊹ The company is considering launching a new product - a stablecoin aimed at the American market and competing with PayPal and Cash App.
⊹ Potential launch: late 2025 – early 2026.
✧ Tether and Crime
⊹ Tether cooperates with the FBI, Secret Service and 230+ agencies in 50+ countries.
⊹ Monitoring tools are better than those of banks.
⊹ Example: freezing of assets on the Russian sanctions exchange Garantex together with the US Department of Justice.
✧ Connections with Howard Lutnick
⊹ Although Cantor Fitzgerald previously managed Tether's reserves, the company says it does not interact with Howard Lutnick (the current US Secretary of Commerce) due to conflicts of interest.
✧ Security and stability
⊹ USDT is more than 100% backed.
⊹ Reserves contain approximately $120,000,000,000 in US Treasury bonds.
⊹ In 2022, USDT was bought back for $7,000,000,000 in 48 hours - more than any bank in a similar situation.
✧ Tether = dollar protection from BRICS?
⊹The company considers its mission strategically important to maintain the influence of the dollar in countries where alternatives are actively promoted - especially by China.
Previously:
- the dollar is losing its monopoly
- 7.7 tons of gold
- Tether and 21 Capital
- Tether and Cantor Fitzgerald