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0 pointsmodeless8y ago0 comments

> Tether certainly has a connection to Finex but they are not its biggest client.

This is false. In fact, every "USD" market on Bitfinex is actually a Tether market. It doesn't matter what the label on the ticker is, because USD cannot be deposited or withdrawn from Bitfinex, only Tether. Given that, Bitfinex is by far the biggest Tether market.

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csomar8y ago

That’s also wrong. Biggest tether market is bittrex followed by polo. Finex tether holdings are really minimal and for a good reason.

Xixi8y ago

Bitfinex is conflating Tether (USD₮) and USD: “Bitfinex lets you receive USD₮ from a Bitcoin blockchain address and treat them as a USD deposit. Similarly, you can withdraw funds to a Bitcoin blockchain address as USD₮.” [1]

Whether they are holding a lot of USD₮ or not, I don't know. But since they cannot receive USD, by construction their USD holdings are limited.

[1] https://support.bitfinex.com/hc/en-us/articles/213919369-Wha...

modelessOP8y ago

Bitfinex's Tether "holdings" are unverifiable and irrelevant anyway. What matters is what you can deposit and withdraw from their markets. It's not USD, it's Tether, and that is verifiable by anyone with a Bitfinex account.

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