{"id":3276,"date":"2022-05-26T08:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T08:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deficoins.io\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2022-05-26T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T08:29:42","slug":"tether-pays-out-10bn-in-withdrawals-since-the-start-of-crypto-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deficoins.io\/blog\/2022\/05\/26\/tether-pays-out-10bn-in-withdrawals-since-the-start-of-crypto-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Pays Out $10bn in Withdrawals since the start of Crypto Crash","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source: www.investopedia.com<\/p><\/div>\n

In some of the latest crypto news, Tether stablecoin has paid out $10 billion in withdrawals since the start of the crypto crash in early May. The multibillion-dollar stablecoin acts as the largest bank in the cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n

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The pace of withdrawals is a clear indication that the cryptocurrency coin is effectively handling a slow-motion bank run, as the crypto depositors move their cash to more regulated stablecoins.<\/p>\n

Public blockchain records indicate that $1 billion worth of tether was redeemed just after midnight on Saturday. As part of the withdrawal process, the cryptocurrency was given back to the company and destroyed.<\/p>\n

$1.5 billion worth of tether had been withdrawn similarly three days earlier. The amount withdrawn is now causing minor fluctuations in the stablecoin\u2019s peg to the U.S dollar, about 1\/8 of all company reserves.<\/p>\n

This redemption comes after Tether released information about its audited accounts to the public, which revealed that by late March, they had backed user deposits in a mixture of bonds in other private companies, US Treasury bills, and around $5 billion in miscellaneous \u201cother investments\u201d such as other cryptocurrency enterprises.<\/p>\n

However, some cryptocurrency investors have raised questions on whether the accounts are as reassuring to depositors as they seem to be. If Tether\u2019s cryptocurrency investments fell in value during the crypto crash, then it might have struggled to meet the customer deposits, a fintech analyst argued.<\/p>\n

Just like other stablecoins, the tether cryptocurrency should always be worth a fixed amount, which is 1 US dollar. Tether achieves this by keeping a large reserve of stable assets. Retail investors are allowed to buy or sell tether on cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase and CoinMarketCap, while institutional investors can simply pay money to Tether to get newly minted tokens, and are allowed to return the tokens to Tether in exchange for cash.<\/p>\n

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Initially, Tether stated that their reserves were backed 1-to-1 with US dollars. However, an investigation conducted by the New York attorney general revealed that it was not always the case and Tether admitted that the cryptocurrency was backed by Tether\u2019s Reserves. It then agreed to publish a quarterly statement detailing what those reserves were.<\/p>\n

The latest statement released before the crypto crash shows Tether storing about $20 billion in commercial paper, $7 billion in money market funds, and almost $40 billion in US treasury bills, and all are stable investments. Tether has also stored another $7 billion in \u201ccorporate bonds, funds, and precious metals,\u201d and other investments like digital tokens. Although this is a small portion of Tether\u2019s Reserves, it opens Tether to the risk of breaking its promise of being \u201cfully backed\u201d in case of a large market fluctuation.<\/p>\n

According to Patrick McKenzie, a fintech commentator at Stripe Payments Company, this could have already happened. Tether\u2019s company accounts show that it has $162 more in reserves than the total outstanding tokens issued so far, McKenzie stated. However, just to give an example of public investment from Tether, some of the digital tokens held by the company are those of Celsius, a cryptocurrency investment platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cTether has invested $62.8m of the reserves into Celsius network \u2026 Celsius is in freefall due to the current market dislocation; the value of their native token is down by over 86%,\u201d said McKenzie.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, that investment has suffered more than $20m in impairment. Impairment of 1% of one line item on their balance sheet ate more than 10% of their equity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Paolo Ardoino, Tether\u2019s chief technology officer,\u00a0said this in a statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cTether has maintained its stability through multiple black swan events and highly volatile market conditions and, even in its darkest days, Tether has never once failed to honor a redemption request from any of its verified customers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis latest attestation further highlights that tether is fully backed and that the composition of its reserves is strong, conservative, and liquid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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