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> the major stable coins still holding pegs

How? In what assets? Even in Treasuries, tens of billions of unexpected sales in an off run will depress prices. If deposited in a podunk bank, it might literally go under.



Still refers to the present. You are referring to a hypothetical future.


> yoh are referring to a hypothetical future

I’m referring to the present state of their reserves. A present state which almost deterministically implies a future state under certain conditions.


You’re still wrong though. Do these companies likely have reserves to back their coins? No. Are the pegs currently holding just fine? Yes.

Will the pegs fall at some point in the future? Maybe? Hopefully? But this statement is irrelevant to observing the current state of the pegs.


> Do these companies likely have reserves to back their coins? No. Are the pegs currently holding just fine? Yes.

Fair enough. (Though I’m unconvinced of the value of a peg that can’t be redeemed against, à la Tether.)


That hypothetical is reality. And sometime today, tomorrow or 10 years from now it’s gonna finally collapse. Crypto was and always will be a giant scam.


Sure, it’s a scam. But the pegs are easily observed to be holding at the moment. There is no doubt about this. One’s beliefs need not detract from basic reading comprehension.




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