Enough reason to switch?

[5W-KILO]

I don't know why there is always FUD on USDT, they always seem to be the target in crypto space, I was reading through X yesterday and I came across a rumour that USDT might depegged any time soon.



As someone who have some USDT in reserve what do you think I should do? I know that many people have USDT too, is this rumour enough reason to switch to other stable coin or not?

[Charles-Tim]

There are many stable coins, it is good to diversify, but just on reputed ones.

If you leave in countries like United States, EU and UK that your fiat is better, why not convert to the fiat of your country directly?

I do not believe that USDT will depeg because the USDT has been the most reliable stable coins. Even if it depeg, it will become stable again just like what happened to USDC in the past.

[OmegaStarScream]

I have not read the epstein files regarding Tether's co founder, but I don't this is what caused this unless the files contain something about Tether itself or the ability for its users to actually redeem their USDT for fiat 1:1.

If we check CMC charts dating from last year, you would notice there was something similar on February of 2025 and a few years back too. Not saying this is normal though, but I wouldn't panic over it.

But.. as mentioned above. The best thing you can do is to diversify your portfolio by holding different stablecoins.

I also wouldn't go and say that Tether it's too big to fail either. If there is anything we have learned the past few years, is that there is no such a thing. We have seen it with TerraLuna, with FTX, etc. Things could always go wrong.

[Taskford]

I don't know why there is always FUD on USDT, they always seem to be the target in crypto space, I was reading through X yesterday and I came across a rumour that USDT might depegged any time soon.



As someone who have some USDT in reserve what do you think I should do? I know that many people have USDT too, is this rumour enough reason to switch to other stable coin or not?

This is just a rumor which does not have factual basis and it seems there are some bad actors trying to spread fud then create panic to those people who support and hold USDT.

Also better not to believe on what you see posted by some page or people, because they might just trolling and just trying to scare people. Much better we have this attitude to verify those information before we believe on what we just newly read.

I think USDT will not collapsed easily just like what that page spreading.

[ChainNomad]

On rumours, I would not rush a decision but about crypto, it is full of FUD and USDT has passed through numerous panic moments in the past. When a depeg is minor it does not necessarily imply its demise.Nonetheless, it is never a safe bet to keep all the money in a single stable. In case it matters to you, then across a handful of reputable stablecoins, consider breaking it up and discarding all of your positions in terror. Diversification do wonders to mitigate risk and make you remain calm when there is noise in the market.

Never trust what is posted on X. Emotional responses tend to result in greater losses than the event in crypto. Be vigilant, and yet not alarmed.

[Rengga Jati]

If I'm not mistaken, rumors of a USTD collapse have been circulating for a long time, several years. It might even have been during the previous bearish season; every season, rumors like this inevitably surface. However, USDT is still standing strong.

But...
There's no guarantee this will always be safe; there are many contributing factors, especially given the current situation.
This means that for savings, USDT is not recommended, at least to minimize the possibility of a bad outcome. We can't lose money from our savings like what happened to Luna and others, especially since those were coins that were already at their peak, only to have everything collapse in an instant.

I don't want to add to the rumors, but we ourselves must ensure that our assets are safe, and there's no harm in maintaining them, of course, with our own convincing analysis.

[Sim_card]

If you don't have confidence in USDT no more, you should diversify into other stablecoins as mentioned by the posters above. That's the best way to play safe. I believe whatever, rumor ongoing about USDT might be true or not but Tether is big enough to sort out the problem for themselves.

Even though Pierce sent an email to Epstein to discuss about the potential noble market and Tether way back in 2014, it does not mean that will tarnish his image and depeg Tether from usdt.

[asriloni]

As someone who have some USDT in reserve what do you think I should do? I know that many people have USDT too, is this rumour enough reason to switch to other stable coin or not?

It totally depend on yours. If this kind of rumor is enough in affecting your mentality and belief to hold USDT, then just switch to the USDC.

As far as i know tether is well connected. If they were not having enough underlying asset to back their stable, they might be banned by the regulators. The fact that they're still operating, which mean they have no problem with it.

Just because their stable suffer a very small depeg, then you scared to hodl them. I think there's nothing to feel worry about. Recently, tether bought more gold to back their stable coin, which is good.

I'm also holding some USDT, but i'm not feeling worry about the possibility for the depeg to happen.

[bitgolden]

While "this" alone isn't a good enough reason because it's just some tweet, I would say it is always a good thing to get out of stablecoins because of security reasons. I know that this tweet may not be true, I can't be sure but I think nobody will know beforehand when this happens, so it is not because of this tweet but because in general stablecoins are not trustworthy stuff and there is a big chance that we would not see this be a big deal at all, it is going to be something sad one day and we need to be careful.

[Gozie51]

Actually it is enough to put panic in the market if 87% of trading goes through USDT. With the drop in the price of bitcoin, I'm sure many hodlers will peg their coins on USDT, therefore increasing its volume. Depegging of USDT on dollar will crash the market in my view with that much percentage of hodling. Rumours have a way to look like what was said, so diversification is not a bad idea instead of hodling all in USDT. To convert to dollar and hodl in a domiciliary account is also a solution if you are not certain of cryptocurrency.

[Odohu]

It is surprising how this is a big issue when there are so many stablecoins in the market. If USDT fails, people will just switch to other stablecoins. I don't even know why people hold their cryptocurrency I'm USDT that is stable, that is like keeping the money idle. I only use USDT when I'm converting to fiat and vice versa before I convert to Bitcoin or any altcoin I want to hold. The rumors surrounding this USDT is really lingering and it seems it is getting somewhere.

[scouse15]

So, in the past, some big tech guy has openly admitted that he plays the doge system, he pushed it high before he wants to sell, he then posts bad things when he wants to buy.

A certain someone else has also started to play the GAME, his family made over $1 BILLION from crypto according to sources last year. Makes perfect sense to create mayhem, then target $10 BILLION this year.

Its just a GAME to them, but the little many men are always the ones being the losers.

[blockman]

If you have 100% of your stables in USDT, then scatter them to the other ones including USDC, DAI and the other ones that you trust. So distributing from 10%-50% or any amount that you wish then leaving an amount on your USDT. That's to make sure that you have peace of mind from these FUD because if you're going to be worried of it and you've got assets saved in USDT, that's not a good sign that you're holding that in it. Choose to have that peace of mind and save that into several stable coins for you to avoid the impact if ever that FUD becomes real.

[nelson4lov]

Don't switch.

I've been exactly where you are in the past and can confirm that the Tether fud is as old as the China banning Bitcoin fud. Tether has depegged in the past. That's nothing new. Even the second best like USDC that you might flock to has depegged before and it stayed depegged for over a week. Best thing to do is to just stick to USDT and you'd find out that it would repeg faster.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Just diversify your stablecoin. We have no shortage of regulatory compliance stablecoin starting from USDC, PYUSD, USDS, and DAI. The only problem with USDT is they doesn't seem to be interested in getting their stablecoin Mica compliance for some reason.
You will thank yourself in the future if worse comes to worst and some of them collapsing and trust me a stablecoin can depeg without a moment of notice.

Or simple solution, just withdraw it to your bank since you are holding stablecoin anyway.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Being depegged by 0.2% isn’t something worth panicking about. If someone had real insider knowledge that there was something wrong with Tether, I would expect USDT to have moved further from the peg. This is just somebody saying something, without having any evidence, for social media clout.

Brock Pierce is definitely a creep, and being one of the founders is a bad look for Tether, but he has not been involved for most of its existence. He left shortly after it was launched. There isn’t any reason why his role in Epstein’s trafficking would cause Tether to collapse.

[m2017]

I don't know why there is always FUD on USDT, they always seem to be the target in crypto space, I was reading through X yesterday and I came across a rumour that USDT might depegged any time soon.

To be honest, I don’t have much confidence in stablecoins. At all. Not only for USDT. I allow the storage of “value” in these assets only as a short-term one.

As someone who have some USDT in reserve what do you think I should do? I know that many people have USDT too, is this rumour enough reason to switch to other stable coin or not?

Why switch to a stablecoin? Wouldn't it be better to invest in crypto currencies, like bitcoin or altcoins (especially now, with discounted prices), which can trust? This could be profitable in the long run, but what kind of profit will you get from stablecoins? I don't understand why you're storing "value" in stablecoins.

[Ishicryptic]

There is always drastic speculations in the crypto market and anything that happens somewhere that caught global attention some analysts will begin to spread FUD to sway weak minds. The question that we need to ask ourselves is if USDT depegs whether it has the potentials to become stable again, if the answer is yes then there is nothing to worry about. Tether is about the most popular and in that regard I'll say trusted stablecoin, if you leave it which other suitable alternative is there, I know it is USDC so if you have fear about USDT then trade it to USDC. Nothing is certain in cryptocurrency which are volatile but stablecoins are relatively far less riskier to hold except you can't expect any profits from it.

[peter0425]

I don't know why there is always FUD on USDT, they always seem to be the target in crypto space, I was reading through X yesterday and I came across a rumour that USDT might depegged any time soon.



As someone who have some USDT in reserve what do you think I should do? I know that many people have USDT too, is this rumour enough reason to switch to other stable coin or not?

This is just a rumor which does not have factual basis and it seems there are some bad actors trying to spread fud then create panic to those people who support and hold USDT.

Also better not to believe on what you see posted by some page or people, because they might just trolling and just trying to scare people. Much better we have this attitude to verify those information before we believe on what we just newly read.

I think USDT will not collapsed easily just like what that page spreading.

In a bear market, expect that the entire industry will be full of rumors trying to spread anxiety and panic. USDT is a lot more stable than others in the crypto space right now. It’s safer despite what rumors say.

[michellee]

We don't know if that is rumour or real but if you are worry, you can switch to other stable coins. You can use USDC or DAI or else and only have small portion in USDT.

In this matter, diversifying will be good option and when USDT really collapse, you still have other stable coins and your wealth will be there. No need to be panic for the rumour you don't knows.

You must makes preparation by diversifying or others so you will not regret.