Tether is so built into the crypto eco system and an what it's so essential for. What we've already seen over the past six months is the price of major crypto currencies like bitcoin and etherium dropped by 50%. So people have been losing money. And one of the proposals that i thought was really funny, etherium cofounder a vitalic terran said recently that crypto investors who lost money on the luna collapse should be protected.
Paris Marx is joined by Bennett Tomlin to discuss last week’s crash of Terra and Luna, the problems with stablecoins, and whether this collapse will finally force regulators to take action on cryptocurrency.
Bennett Tomlin is a co-host of Crypto Critics’ Corner and writer of the FUD Letter. Follow Bennett on Twitter at @BennettTomlin.
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