Why Tether's $100B empire could trigger the next crypto apocalypse

I would say never say never on any of these things.

18:32 / 19:12

and they talk about that Tether's equity cushion's shrinking. Right? Its asset mix is shifting from, like, super safe US treasury bills towards riskier investments like Bitcoin, gold, structured loans. That's making up a quarter of their portfolio. Mhmm. You know, if something happened, like, it's so central to crypto trading that if a depegging event could collapse the prices of other tokens or could trigger a fire sale that disrupts short term funding markets,

what are your thoughts generally? There's a lot to think about here. I would say never say never on any of these things. It would be silly to say, like, oh, that'll never happen in Tether. Right? Even though they are the world's largest stablecoin, you know, you always have to be cautious of these things.

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A deep dive into Tether's growing risk profile as the world's largest stablecoin shifts from safe US treasuries to riskier assets like Bitcoin and gold. The discussion explores how Tether's central role in crypto trading means any depegging event could cascade into market-wide collapse and disrupt traditional funding markets.

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This clip explains a critical systemic risk in crypto markets that most people don't understand but could affect the entire ecosystem.

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