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DeFi, generally on Ethereum, would be severely impacted from a Tether fallout. Curve’s largest pool, which is the basis for a lot of yield in other services, ca
by tracedddd 5y ago
DeFi, generally on Ethereum, would be severely impacted from a Tether fallout. Curve’s largest pool, which is the basis for a lot of yield in other services, can be drained to zero if Tether has even a minor sustained depeg. Tether backed loans at a variety of services would likely default sending liquidation events across all the major tokens on Uniswap and Sushi. Bitcoin wouldn’t do great but it is insulated from a DeFi ecosystem collapse that would undermine Ethereum’s value.
As for regulatory risk, I think privacy coins are the biggest target.
- yokem55 5y agoThere is less of a liquidation risk regarding tether precisely because the major lending protocols (Maker, AAVE, Compound) do not let you use tether as collateral. You can deposit it to lend to others. And borrow it against other assets. But you cannot directly borrow against USDT as collateral.