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What is Tether (USDT)?

Tether is a cryptocurrency which is linked to the US dollar. It is a stablecoin and its value depends on the fluctuating market with the US dollar. According to preliminary data for 2023 and 2024, Tether's USDT was found to be traded on most exchanges among other cryptocurrencies by volume.

Tether belongs to a fast-growing type of cryptocurrency that avoids the extreme volatility of untethered cryptocurrencies. It is also called stablecoins. If data is to be believed, Tether was launched as RealCoin in July 2014. Tether is based on the Bitcoin blockchain. Tether previously supported Bitcoin's Omni and Liquid protocols. But now it also supports Ethereum, Kava, Trane, Solana blockchains.

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Some tokens are also issued by Tether which are linked to the Mexican peso and gold. The market capitalization of tokens in the U.S. is no more than a fraction of their US dollar-pegged USDT token.

Tether Transparency

Tether updates details of its registered holdings on its website daily. As of March 3
, 2024, it reported $99.45 billion in assets for USDT. In practical terms, stablecoins have made it easier to speculate in the cryptocurrency markets. People are getting attracted to invest in it.

Tether's popularity is increasing rapidly. This is also simply a result of the use of stablecoins as collateral by decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and staking protocols. The company implemented a hard fork rule, a security technique that involves splitting the blockchain into two streams.

BitFinex was revealed in a money-laundering investigation after it borrowed at least $700 million of Tether reserves from its Panamanian banking partner Crypto Capital Corp. to freeze BitFinex corporate and client funds. So in 2019, a court order was sent to New York-based Attorney General Letitia James. In which Tether and BitFinex parent iFinex were ordered to stop further violations of New York law.

How to buy USDT

Tether tokens can be bought and sold on Bitfinex and a variety of cryptocurrency exchanges including Kraken, Binance, Coinspot, etc. Some online brokerages also deal in buying and selling cryptocurrencies.

Tether is used to convert cryptocurrencies into fiat currency to prevent value loss in transactions.

How does tether work

• When a user deposits fiat currency into Tether's reserves and then sells the fiat currency to buy USDT, Tether issues the corresponding digital amount in tokens.

• If a user deposits $100 into the Tether Reserve, they will receive 100 Tether tokens, taking into account dollar parity. When a user uses a token to acquire fiat currency, all Tether tokens and coins are destroyed.

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• Tether tokens are available on various blockchains. Like the native token with Omni on the Bitcoin platform as well as Liquid in addition to Ethereum (ETH) and TRON (TRX).

Conclusion

Thus we understood that Tether is a fiat stablecoin. Tether is a chartered member of the Blockchain Alliance, a coalition that works to promote blockchain development and its legal use. Tether's use for liquidity began when it was added to the BitFinex exchange in January 2015.

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