The historic stablecoin: as with all stablecoins (stable tokens), the aim of USDT is to maintain a 1:1 parity with the dollar. Although considered a cryptocurrency, USDT is, by its very nature, designed to be completely stable. Or at least to maintain near-perfect parity with the dollar. Tether was launched under the name RealCoin in 2014 before being renamed Tether a few months later. The official marketing of the stablecoin began in 2015. The company behind USDT provides users with USDT in exchange for euros, dollars, or other traditional currencies. In other words, you buy 100 USDT with 100 dollars. Tether will grow the real dollars entrusted to it while investors use USDT. The company's reserves are mainly deposited in U.S. Treasury bills, money market funds, corporate bonds, funds, precious metals, secured loans, and other short-term investment contracts. Finally, cash and available bank deposits represent a very small portion of Tether's reserves.
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USDT is mainly used to exchange cryptocurrencies while remaining in the crypto sphere. Indeed, since authentic traditional currencies are exchanged for stable cryptocurrencies (stablecoins), this allows users to keep their entire capital in the cryptocurrency sphere without returning to the traditional banking sphere. USDT is also widely used in decentralized finance (DeFi) to allow users to lend and borrow between themselves.
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