Tether, the largest stablecoin, is pretty close to capturing its market cap before the dips.
The researchers note that there is almost no correlation between trading volume and Tether. They think this adds to the uncertainty around Tether, the dominant stablecoin.
Hopeful Comments From Experts About Tether’s Future
A study by the data tracker organization Kaiko showed that this year’s increase in market capitalization had little to do with overall trading volume. “This is questionable given that the main use for this stablecoin is trading,” Kaiko commented in the research statement.
According to CoinMarketCap, the USDT token, which aims to peg Tether one-to-one with the dollar, is worth $82.9 billion. This amount had reached approximately $83 billion as crypto investors generally sold their crypto assets after the Terra stablecoin collapsed in May of last year. Tether’s assets fell by nearly 20 percent in the second quarter of last year.
In the past, industry watchers have raised questions about whether Tether actually backs its one-to-one fixation claim with sufficient reserves, and what the contents of the reserves are. The company reached an agreement with New York in 2021 to arrange for bringing its funds and lying about reserves. Tether has never admitted to any wrongdoing.
