Beginning of the End of Tether?

Tether's value is only equal to the actual US dollars they have in the bank. Does anyone really believe they have US$2.25B sitting in some bank? No auditor believes this as their latest "auditor" just denounced involvement.
Make sure to run your charts with USD and not USDT to get true value. Find a way to convert money on the sidelines to real fiat.

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More details on Steem:
steemit.com/tether/@...n-affect-all-cryptos

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I wanted to capture a snapshot of current large holdings of tether. In a couple days we can look again and see who's balances have depleted to prop tether back up again.
Top USD₮ Balances
Last Updated:Jan 28 07:09 PM UTC
Address Balance Last Movement (UTC) Remark
1DUb2YYbQA1jjaNYzVXLZ7ZioEhLXtbUru 405,828,615 Jan 28 06:14 PM Bittrex
1FoWyxwPXuj4C6abqwhjDWdz6D4PZgYRjA 361,290,267 Jan 28 06:14 PM Binance
1HckjUpRGcrrRAtFaaCAUaGjsPx9oYmLaZ 353,139,311 Jan 28 06:14 PM Huobi
1Co1dhYDeF76DQyEyj4B5JdXF9J7TtfWWE 270,000,000 Dec 21 '17, 06:14 AM Poloniex
1KYiKJEfdJtap9QX2v9BXJMpz2SfU4pgZw 162,952,288 Jan 28 06:14 PM Bitfinex
12uhUkxpwkD2LGzKHUywoknoJ3fC9vev1x 82,862,390 Jan 26 09:03 AM Binance
1ApkXfxWgJ5CBHzrogVSKz23umMZ32wvNA 73,766,877 Jan 28 06:14 PM OKEx
1Po1oWkD2LmodfkBYiAktwh76vkF93LKnh 47,792,844 Jan 28 06:14 PM Poloniex
16tg2RJuEPtZooy18Wxn2me2RhUdC94N7r 30,950,000 Nov 27 '17, 06:02 PM Quarantined
12aGp6kiy6pmv2pVYfAHq8BuurK78iCMXn 24,552,163 Jan 28 06:14 PM
1LAnF8h3qMGx3TSwNUHVneBZUEpwE4gu3D 20,137,577 Jan 28 06:14 PM Huobi
1DGUWy6N6iHTpussbSP8XrK96tZgDboiWK 17,000,000 Jan 28 06:14 PM Liqui.io
3GyeFJmQynJWd8DeACm4cdEnZcckAtrfcN 16,759,068 Jan 28 06:14 PM Kraken
1ENVTkd9f5KUkvcKSutiJwdBVPgaPh6ihT 6,419,079 Jan 28 06:14 PM
19E4KNqomZhoQXGSa7pauCyFiPMrQcryUe 6,118,560 Jan 28 04:10 AM
17ScKNXo4cL8DyfWfcCWu1uJySQuJm7iKC 4,263,555 Jan 28 06:14 PM
1DcKsGnjpD38bfj6RMxz945YwohZUTVLby 4,254,417 Jan 28 06:14 PM Gate.io
1NixD7q2yJgTgVB2MwGMuJ8vmDhKH5t5bf 4,130,989 Jan 28 06:14 PM
13fE9SgzCg9ztipHDKKD7Hsf8BykVV87fp 3,519,591 Jan 28 05:18 AM
1GNDHyjxmwo63h7u3isyycjfM7EyhYT3HG 3,356,897 Jan 24 03:14 AM

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And capture the current balance sheet:
USD₮
Total Assets $2,278,665,722.36
Liabilities (Tether in Circulation on Omni)
Total Authorized $2,250,000,000.00
Less: Authorized but not issued - $960,153.48
Less: Quarantined Tether - $30,950,010.00
Liabilities (Tether in Circulation on Eth)
Total Authorized $60,109,970.00
Less: Authorized but not issued - $108,983.00
Total Liabilities $2,278,090,823.52
Shareholder Equity $574,898.84

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If I read this correctly, tether is "printing" money at the rate of $100M every couple days. omniexplorer.in.../lookupadd.aspx?address=3M...
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e4062783d935886392c29396d15aab470fff9732b0b8e80a... 1/23/2018 12:07:55 P
100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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0fbf16c7b937a8a5601ade7897c69bc33f1836b9cb02b181... 1/20/2018 1:56:59 AM
100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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4543c62de3c535087fe10d6798fc3f77bb9904637b287bc7... 1/19/2018 1:08:11 PM
100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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0c83e7856c6b565341b85332b1f821a402a84aaf236b54ab... 1/18/2018 4:02:00 PM
100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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b182888725cff4486d4080cf04736ab0d2250a78a02948cf... 1/17/2018 7:18:53 PM
100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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3691adbbe8342f6fde7bc549fcb0991decbe3bd040d01d87... 1/16/2018 10:22:53 PM


100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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c9fca1a9ce81e58505f07c2230170524d3f3fa5f185a05a4... 1/15/2018 1:02:39 PM


100000000
TetherUS (#31)

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Volume tried to move price back to $1 but fell back down as soon as pumping stopped. omniexplorer.in.../lookupadd.aspx?address=3M... is down so unable to see the "transparency". Proof of funds on website show holdings of $442M on Sep 15, 2017 which was the market cap at that time, but nothing new showing proof of the current $2B++ current market cap. All major exchanges are reducing their holdings of tether at wallet.tether.to/richlist
I remain skeptical.