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Of course. You can short tether on every crypto exchange, both centralized and decentralized (DEXes, DeFi apps)

The only counterparty risk is the collateral that you use. Ether, BTC, usdc, etc. Some exchanges also support fiat currencies (eur, usd)

Some hedge funds have been running tether shorts for a long time, maybe they cashed out when the rates spiked, if not they're just losing money.

There's nothing new in this report. Tether/Finex's founders are well known for many years

Also FYI, tether has been able to redeem > 20 billion$ in a few days, something that I am not aware of ANY other company, not even banks, being able to do - and def without CB/govt support



> The only counterparty risk is the collateral that you use.

That's not really painting an accurate picture. If Tether goes to 0 (you win the short) there's a strong possibility your counterparty cannot pay you. So, you're either wrong and lose it, or, you're correct and lose it. That's not the making of a good trade.


You can short on ethereum (with a payout in usdc) and you will be 100% paid out.


How and what is the liquidity? Can a well capitalized firm put down several hundred millions?


Tether says they redeemed $20bn. We have no way to know if they redeemed it for actual dollars to parties that aren’t affiliated with Tether.


AFAIK, they sold some Chinese-commercial papers mostly from real-estate sector during that little time window.




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