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July 17, 2026, 12:31:46 PM
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Stable coins like Tether(USDT) isn't for long term holding. The long term holding is more applicable to assets like Bitcoin. While stable coins can give convenience and ease of transaction due to not that much volatility and it keeps the value of what you have in it, the risk is there of being freezing the usdt that you're holding. Not because you're a bad guy or a terrorist but when they trace where the funds goes to and came from. Even if you have no history for that, there's a way for them to trace it and it's easier if you got that from an exchange.
Complete nonsense, many entities are farming yield and hedging with USDT for the long-term. Just because you, a poor person, does not have an use case for it that does not mean that someone else does not have one. Bitcoin and stablecoins are completely different, and talking about them in this way is always flawed nonsense. I can't use stablecoins for the reasons that I need Bitcoin, and I can't use Bitcoin for the reasons that I need stablecoins. One does not provide the utility of the other.
Also the last thing about the freezing is also completely false -- a normal user, on average, that has acquired their coin the proper way will never deal with any kind of freezing. This is just not something that happens, don't hallucinate with made up stories from 1 in 10 million cases.

It's not cool to freeze stable coins but companies are doing this for there own benefits and if you don't like this then simply don't use stable coins.
Another chatbot hallucinating post, there is no benefit in freezing coins to the companies -- they are doing it because they are required to do in the context of regulations. If they could go on without enforcing these regulations, they would.

All these things make Bitcoin blockchain is impossible for reverse transactions, roll back of the blockchain like Ethereum already had, there is no power from the founder or developer to freeze bitcoin in any non custodial wallets that is different than stable coins from centralized companies and deployed on centralized altcoin blockchains.
This is also incorrect. Under no conditions is it impossible to reverse transactions, it is only extremely computationally hard that it is practically infeasible -- but that is not the same as "impossibility", otherwise we would not need to worry at all about miner collusion attacks.

CBDCs are more centralized in hands of central banks and governments than stable coins but they have common risk for users. No control of funds even in non custodial wallets, funds can be frozen and lost anytime.
They serve a different purpose, as long as you are not forced to use something like a stablecoin then they are fine. CBDCs are the trojan horse, because they may be made mandatory starting with shithole places like the EU.



It's not cool to freeze USDT. What's the essence of stable coin if uou can't use it like you want. Why not just use bank transfer instead of stablecoin that can be freeze. If the bank freeze my account, I can work in to the bank premise and demand for why they frozed my account but you see Tether and cycle, they don't have office where you can walk into and make any complaints, if it's freeze you will complain until you get tired of complaining.
Why write things that are provably false? Most bank accounts have many more restrictions than stablecoins, and you can't use them in many ways. For example, if you transact a lot with P2P inside of places like the European Union you will get your account frozen -- and no, you can't ask shit as the stupid AML/KYC laws will allow them to not give you any kind of answer. Research a bit on Reddit how many people have lost their accounts in regards to crypto-related or otherwise P2P transactions in the last couple of years. In most cases, unless you are interacting directly with known criminals, hackers, or similar, you have more protection and freedom when using stablecoins than a bank account. This is the reality of today, don't hallucinate about the banks from the past.

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July 17, 2026, 01:06:13 PM
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What's funny and ironic is that while everybody is questioning and even doubting Tether's reserves, some even for years, many are also probably cheering for Tether whenever they mint more USDT because many of these tokens will probably be used to purchase Bitcoin and other altcoins. Tether minting a billion more USDT could be interpreted as a billion more money to buy Bitcoin and altcoins, therefore an increase in their prices.

And since Tether made the announcement that they would regularly buy Bitcoin with their profit, Tether has become a constant source of demand. Tether is now a reliable player pushing Bitcoin's price up.

Tether is no better than the Federal Reserve. You know all those memes about the Fed money printer go brrr? Those apply for Tether too. The fact is that everyone seems to tolerate them because they are all relaxed with stuff with most people's money, but as soon as you cross some imaginary red line, your tether is frozen.

I will never understand why people don't just hold TRX and then swap to Tether on-chain as necessary.

 
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July 18, 2026, 05:54:12 PM
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What's funny and ironic is that while everybody is questioning and even doubting Tether's reserves, some even for years, many are also probably cheering for Tether whenever they mint more USDT because many of these tokens will probably be used to purchase Bitcoin and other altcoins. Tether minting a billion more USDT could be interpreted as a billion more money to buy Bitcoin and altcoins, therefore an increase in their prices.

And since Tether made the announcement that they would regularly buy Bitcoin with their profit, Tether has become a constant source of demand. Tether is now a reliable player pushing Bitcoin's price up.
Is this post confirming that there's no regulations, no policies and checks about Tether, do they mint usdt endlessly? Like are they like fiat? I know usdt is centralized but I don't believe they mint at will.
I am not really experienced about token and how they are created, apart from bitcoin which I know about. I know Tether is centralized, but it is hard to believe that they are without regulation.

Since I joined this industry till date, I haven't heard much good news about Tether, unless for some cases that they freeze hacked usdt. But I have heard countless FUD about it, especially 2021 but I am surprised it is still existing.

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July 18, 2026, 06:00:33 PM
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Tether is no better than the Federal Reserve. You know all those memes about the Fed money printer go brrr? Those apply for Tether too. The fact is that everyone seems to tolerate them because they are all relaxed with stuff with most people's money, but as soon as you cross some imaginary red line, your tether is frozen.
This is only true in theory. On average, it never happens to a normal person unless he or she is knowingly or unknowingly involved in something shady. There are many more cases of people getting their CEX account frozen or debanked from a neobank than there are cases of non-criminal's USDT being frozen. Sure, we need to be explicit and warn the users that this is something completely different than Bitcoin and it does not provide any protections that Bitcoin does -- but we must not hallucinate about the frequency of this issue happening. Over the years of working with and analyzing data from various sources, I have not heard of a single client to which this has happened. Some move a lot of USDT regularly.

I will never understand why people don't just hold TRX and then swap to Tether on-chain as necessary.
The exposure to the market volatility would be the primary reason? Generally this does not protect you from the situation that you are talking about. If there is a good reason to freeze your Tether, then it will happen regardless of whether you keep it in TRX and exchange after or if you exchange it beforehand.

Is this post confirming that there's no regulations, no policies and checks about Tether, do they mint usdt endlessly? Like are they like fiat? I know usdt is centralized but I don't believe they mint at will.
I am not really experienced about token and how they are created, apart from bitcoin which I know about. I know Tether is centralized, but it is hard to believe that they are without regulation.

Since I joined this industry till date, I haven't heard much good news about Tether, unless for some cases that they freeze hacked usdt. But I have heard countless FUD about it, especially 2021 but I am surprised it is still existing.
There are various regulations and checks that are in place, that does not mean that they still can't be cheating the system similarly to how banks do it until they completely collapse. They do not mint at will, that is an unfounded speculation that has never been proven. When someone makes such grand claims, the burden of evidence lies on the accusers. We've been hearing bullshit about Tether's fake minting and imminent collapse for almost a decade now. It comes back each year by idiots who are just speculating or trying to FUD. Whoever has no proof of this can fuck off with their lies.

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July 19, 2026, 05:20:54 AM
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Many people are saying that tether will never freeze the funds of a innocent person but is this really true?
Imagine if you bought dollars from an anonymous person and thought it was safe but that person was a terrorist or a criminal. When the government tracks that wallet and tracks which wallets it has made transactions with it will lead to your wallet then what will happen is that your wallet will definitely be considered a criminal wallet and your fund will be freeze by tether. After a your fund is freeze there is no way to unfreeze it.

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July 19, 2026, 11:57:55 AM
Last edit: July 19, 2026, 12:10:59 PM by Satofan44
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Many people are saying that tether will never freeze the funds of a innocent person but is this really true?
Imagine if you bought dollars from an anonymous person and thought it was safe but that person was a terrorist or a criminal. When the government tracks that wallet and tracks which wallets it has made transactions with it will lead to your wallet then what will happen is that your wallet will definitely be considered a criminal wallet and your fund will be freeze by tether. After a your fund is freeze there is no way to unfreeze it.
A person is not automatically complicit in a crime simply because they unknowingly received funds from a terrorist or criminal. The problem is that from the perspective of Tether or law enforcement they cannot determine intent just by looking at the blockchain. All they can see is that the wallet received funds linked to criminal activity. So the person could be a willing accomplice, whether through pure intent or intentional avoiding of obvious warning signs (e.g., buying Bitcoin at a 50% discount, which is an exaggerated example). Don't write about nonsense in which you clearly have no knowledge in. Whether you are receiving funds from a terrorist knowingly or unknowingly is irrelevant in the context of funds that are frozen. This is a known danger that relates from trading in a P2P context, it has nothing to do with Tether at all. If you trade the same way with Bitcoin and this Bitcoin hits any platform where it can be swapped to fiat, your coin and your account will be frozen.

Scenario assuming actually tainted coins/tokens coming from high-level crime: Well, you can say at least they can't freeze the Bitcoin in your wallet so you can use it? Wrong and evil. In the best case, you can either:
  • 1. Make a payment at some merchant that does not have real-time access or enforcement of such policies.
  • 2. Exchange the Bitcoin with someone else that does not have real-time access or enforcement of such policies.

In both cases, you have not avoided the problem at all -- you have merely passed along the issue to someone else, making you a very evil person. The coins do not magically become untainted and untracked simply because there were some P2P transactions with them, they stay the same. Most users are not able to do what it takes to improve the fungibility of those coins and to make them even somewhat usable, they will in most cases of trying to avoid a problem pass along the issue to someone else. Furthermore, if someone knowingly passes tainted coins to another person simply to avoid compliance checks or the likelihood of an exchange freezing them, they may be exposing themselves to legal liability depending on the jurisdiction and the circumstances. At a minimum, they are knowingly transferring the risk to an unsuspecting third party, who may later have their funds or account frozen despite having done nothing wrong.

The exact same thing would happen if these transactions happened with your bank account, so stop trying to make stablecoins into some sort of boogeymen they complying with financial regulations like everyone else who has no other choice.

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July 19, 2026, 09:20:22 PM
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I’ve heard not only Tether can freeze is on our balances but other stables like USDC.
I guess this is one of the rules for launching of a stablecoin in specific jurisdiction like other fiats.

Yes we have DAI, but they are a lot of risks using decentralised assets
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July 20, 2026, 08:05:39 AM
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I’ve heard not only Tether can freeze is on our balances but other stables like USDC.
I guess this is one of the rules for launching of a stablecoin in specific jurisdiction like other fiats.

Yes we have DAI, but they are a lot of risks using decentralised assets

Tether (and Circle) cannot freeze your USDT or USDC in your personal wallet or address. Those are normal blockchain tokens you fully control. They can blacklist a specific address on-chain if a government request hits it (for sanctions/illicit funds), but that doesn't apply to normal users. It's the same compliance rule as any regulated stablecoin in any jurisdiction — not a free pass for issuers to freeze innocent coins. DAI is the decentralized alternative if you want zero issuer control, but USDT/USDT in your wallet is fully safe from freezing.

So for everyone to understand: If your USDC address is blacklisted ( Requires valid court orders) , then your USDC on Ethereum, BSC, Tron, etc. becomes untransferable. No one (including you) can send or receive from that address because of the built-in blacklist in the USDC smart contract. The coins sit there with a frozen balance.
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