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Massive counterparty risk. Tether is likely backed mostly by loans to exchanges like Binance and FTX (and of course Bitfinex.) When and if Tether collapses the
by intuitionist 5y ago
Massive counterparty risk. Tether is likely backed mostly by loans to exchanges like Binance and FTX (and of course Bitfinex.) When and if Tether collapses the exchanges will very possibly be rendered insolvent and you’ll be in line with all the other creditors trying to make a recovery.
I don’t know enough about fully decentralized protocols to know what the risks are there.
- robjan 5y agoThe risks are that tether brings down whatever currency your short is denominated in. For DeFi, it will be either another token or cryptocurrency.