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Tether CEO confirms major capital raise at a reported $500B valuation(cnbc.com)
3 points by arvindh-manian 9 hours ago | 4 comments
SilverElfin 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t know much about stable coins. How does tether make money?

wmf 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Tether holds around $170B of US treasury bonds and receives interest on them which amounts to billions per year.

tencentshill 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I assume they could lend their USD holdings out to a variety of shady entities, while being subject to no regulation, due to not being a bank.

mwkaufma 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

(Slaps hood) you won't believe how much paper-money we can shove into this bubble.