<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>snapo wrote</title><author_name>snapo (npub1tv…nx3zg)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1tvuqquww07r75lju3el6g2u0gvlls078k0uegr6st6hmelw7fztsxnx3zg</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>I think i figured out how Tether works :-)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Entity converts USD to USDT&#xA;1. Entity sends  USD to Tether&#xA;2. Tether buys Bitcoin&#xA;3. Thether then issues USDT&#xA;&#xA;Entity converts USDT to USD&#xA;1. Entity sends USDT to Tether&#xA;2. Tether sells Bitcoin&#xA;3. Tether destroys the USDT in circulation&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;(0 bonds, 0 treasury&#39;s, 0 assets .... pure simple unconfiscatable math)&#xA;The revenue is generated from the spread (time between sell and buy)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Just an assumption from my side and probably the reason why the US gov cant do shitt about Tether. It also coincides with when the Marketcap of Tether increases , Bitcoins Marketcap increases too (in parallel to everyone else buying)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;</html></oembed>