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In May 2020, Tether tokens' market cap was $8 Billion, 5 | > now a year on we've seen an increase of 581% and demand for Tether token use higher than ever for both trading and retail adoption! 6 | 7 | ![](i/tether-60bn.png) 8 | 9 | > "Sometimes we wonder whether we are dreaming because the growth has been incredible". What's next? 10 | > Get to know more about Tether's transparency, ecosystem initiatives, and future plans through the words of Paolo Ardoino and Stuart Hoegner. 11 | > 12 | > If you look at the history of Tethers growth you'll see that it took a bit of time 13 | > for cryptocurrency exchanges to understand why it was important to have Tether $USDT replace $USD in the crypto markets. 14 | > Tether $USDT is a reliable and quick liquid utility 15 | > [- a money printer & lender of last resort. Cryptocurrency exchanges can cash-out bagHODLers anytime in... $USDT! 16 | > Tether's market cap is growing fast, with a monthly increase of $10 Billion. Will we reach $100 Billion before 2022? 🚀🚀🚀] 17 | > 18 | > "Tethers are 100 percent backed, full-stop," said Stuart. 19 | > 20 | > -- Official Tether Week Podcast with Paolo & Stuart 21 | 22 | 23 | §§§ 24 | 25 | 26 | > We have not entered "Post Tether" yet. Tether is still furiously printing 27 | > digital ($USDT) bucks. Who believes Bitcoin's price is organic? 28 | > It's not - it's a Ponzi, and Tether is its Little Helper. 29 | > 30 | > Austrian Maximalist comments: 31 | > 32 | >> Bitcoin is not a ponzi. It is a monetary network, first of its kind. 33 | >> Currently valued at a thousand billion dollars. What am I missing? 34 | > 35 | > § 36 | > 37 | > If you can print billions and billions in fake money, you can make the 38 | > price of Bitcoin whatever you want - until too many people try and cash 39 | > out, that is. 40 | > 41 | > -- Amy Castor, Blockchain & Financial Journalist 42 | 43 | § 44 | 45 | > Tether is "too big to fail" - the entire crypto industry utterly depends on 46 | > it. We just topped ~twenty~ sixty billion alleged dollars' worth of tethers ($USDT). 47 | > If you think this is sustainable, you're a fool. 48 | > 49 | > -- David Gerard, Blockchain Journalist & Historian 50 | 51 | § 52 | 53 | > Congrats on writing about Bitcoin's price without mentioning Tether ($USDT). 54 | > It's like writing about bond yields without mentioning inflation and the Fed. 55 | > 56 | > § 57 | > 58 | > Now you have Tether and $USDT. 60+ billion almost dollars governed by a 59 | > five-page disclaimer that $USDTs are backed by whatever Tether wants, at 60 | > whatever valuations Tether finds convenient. No credit rating, no bank, 61 | > no auditor, no offices, no CEO and CFO, no guarantee whatsoever. 62 | > 63 | > § 64 | > 65 | > The USDT/USD peg is founded on the premise that people won't try 66 | > to cash out en masse. As long as they don't, USDT printing can continue. 67 | > 68 | > § 69 | > 70 | > Why should Tether spend all its money (it is theirs, after all - 71 | > $USDT holders don't have a legal claim on Tether's reserves) 72 | > trying to save the crypto markets, when they collapse? 73 | > How many years would it take them to rebuild their war chest, 74 | > assuming that crypto bounces back? 75 | > Why not party on a yacht in Monaco instead? 76 | > 77 | > -- Trolly McTrollface, Bitcoin Greater Fool Court Jester 78 | 79 | § 80 | 81 | > Hindenburg Research Announces $1,000,000 Bounty For Details On Tether's Backing 82 | > 83 | > Tether is a key underpinning of the multi-trillion-dollar crypto market. 84 | > Yet despite its repeated claims of transparency, its disclosures around its holdings have been opaque. 85 | > The company claims to hold a significant portion of its reserves in commercial paper yet has disclosed virtually nothing about its counterparties. 86 | > 87 | > Hindenburg has doubts about the legitimacy of Tether’s backing due to the company's sparse disclosures. 88 | > 89 | > Tether has been referred to as a "stablecoin" in the crypto space due to the company's historical claims 90 | > that it was equivalent to $1 USD and was backed 1-to-1 by "traditional currency" reserves. 91 | > 92 | > Since those claims that garnered it "stablecoin" status were made years ago, Tether subsequently 93 | > revealed that its coin was backed only by a small percentage of traditional currency, 94 | > and that much of its backing consists of holdings in commercial paper issued by unnamed counterparties. 95 | > 96 | > Despite multiple regulatory sanctions over its alleged lack of truthful disclosure about its reserves, 97 | > and despite Tether now having a $70 billion market cap, Tether still refuses to provide transparency to the public on its holdings. 98 | > 99 | > Recent reporting has indicated that Tether's claims would make it one of the largest holders 100 | > of commercial paper in the world. But major trading desks stated to the press 101 | > that they had never worked with them or seen them in the market. 102 | > 103 | > Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said in September of this year that stablecoins 104 | > were acting as "poker chips" at the crypto Wild West "casino gaming tables". 105 | > 106 | > Gensler said he feared that: "the SEC will keep bringing these enforcement cases but there's gonna be a problem, 107 | > on lending platforms, on trading platforms, and, frankly, when that happens... a lot of people are going to get hurt." 108 | > 109 | > Hindenburg Research seeks to help advance the public's knowledge of what it believes 110 | > is a growing threat to investors by encouraging disclosure related to a crucial part of the crypto markets, which are nearing "systemic" size. 111 | > 112 | > -- [Hindenburg Research Announces $1,000,000 Bounty For Details On Tether's Backing](https://hindenburgresearch.com/tether/), October 2021 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | ## Tetherino HQ 117 | 118 | 119 | Website: [**tetherino.io**](https://tetherino.io/), Twitter: [**tetherino**](https://twitter.com/tetherino) 120 | 121 | Tetherino once stayed behind in the shadows, watching my big Tether step-brother print and print but no more! I'm ready to take over the family business and print even more than my famous brother! Pump the markets! 122 | 123 | 124 | **Whitepaper** 125 | 126 | ![](i/tetherino-whitepaper-i.png) 127 | 128 | ![](i/tetherino-whitepaper-ii.png) 129 | 130 | ![](i/tetherino-whitepaper-iii.png) 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | ## Q&A with Paolino Ardoino, the CTO of Tetherino 135 | 136 | 137 | **Q: Please tell me about Tetherino's technology.** 138 | 139 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 140 | Well from a purely technological perspective, Tetherino is absolute shit. I launched it in under five minutes by clicking on the first result when you google "launch your crypto token in under five minutes". 141 | 142 | The only purpose of technology in crypto is to add just enough layers of complexity to every scam so scammers can get off the hook. This is what we're shooting for. 143 | 144 | **Q: Very interesting. What else can you tell me about your token?** 145 | 146 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 147 | It's very important for people to understand that there's nothing 148 | behind our token. No backing, no reserves, no commercial toilet paper, no assurances, no white paper. Fundamentally, the value of a tetherino is zero. 149 | 150 | **Q: Amazing. I hear you already have a logo and even a website. What are your next steps?** 151 | 152 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 153 | Yes we're very proud of our progress so far. Our next steps are to communicate about our token on social media from anonymous accounts and hope people start buying our illiquid token with other, slightly more liquid tokens, which we'll try and cash out for real money. 154 | 155 | **Q: So you're just following the basic roadmap of all coins and tokens in crypto?** 156 | 157 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 158 | On the surface, yes. Nothing special about us, no use case, no vision, we don't understand anything about finance have zero willingness to learn. 159 | 160 | **Q: There is literally no barrier to entry in creating a new token. What makes you think you'll be successful, given the fierce competition from millions of other crypto scammers out there?** 161 | 162 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 163 | Crypto has gone through a paradigm shift over the last few months. Everybody understands that the technology is shit, and that it's all about money laundering and memes. 164 | 165 | Most of the existing projects bear the burden of their image. Their teams spent so long bullshitting about their technology and network effect that they can no longer pivot to memes without looking stupid. So as crypto has moved from pretend fintech to the entertainment business, all the other coins and tokens have lost their relevance. 166 | 167 | Tetherino doesn't have this burden of legacy. We are giving the investors what they want - pure memes, military grade entertainment and shitposting. Our bagholders recognize and appreciate that. 168 | 169 | 170 | **Q: But what about projects like Ripple and Chainlink? Surely their investor base has been built around memes and not technology as well?** 171 | 172 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 173 | They have been the pioneers in this area, yes, but they had to build their meme framework from scratch, which took a lot of time and effort, and now they're stuck with an outdated meme infrastructure that's a nightmare to maintain. 174 | 175 | Tetherino on the other hand, can take advantage of existing frameworks of comedy gold around tokens like $USDT and $USDC. We can build on top of this existing meme infrastructure, and roll out our next generation memeing which will make Tetherino a success. 176 | 177 | **Q: Aren't you afraid that by being so straightforward and open about your plans, people won't buy your tokens?** 178 | 179 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 180 | On the contrary. People are fed up with all the lies and scams in crypto. They want revenge, they want closure. We give them that. By buying tetherinos, you're not simply betting that you'll be able to offload your bags on the next sucker at a higher price. You're buying entertainment, you're rewarding all the people who are working very hard to make fun of the scammers and the crooks. Join the revolution, brother! Long tetherinos, short the crooks! 181 | 182 | 183 | §§§ 184 | 185 | 186 | Less than 12 hours after our first Q&A was published, Paolino's Twitter account was suspended by Twitter without any warning or explanation. It's obvious that Tetherino, the young and ambitious project that aims at revolutionising crypto by deploying its proprietary next-gen memeing framework, is seen as a threat by the crypto establishment. Here's an emergency update of the situation, as it happens. 187 | 188 | 189 | **Q: Less that an hour ago, I learned that your account was being censored. It looks like vested interests are trying to kill Tetherino in the egg.** 190 | 191 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 192 | Absolutely. Thank you so much for doing this second interview under such short notice. Time is of the essence here. Crypto insiders must have learned of our secret partnership project with a toilet paper manufacturer. We are about to achieve a groundbreaking revolution in the industry. 193 | 194 | **Q: Unbelievable. How do you think they've learned about this partnership?** 195 | 196 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 197 | I tweeted about it a couple of hours ago. 198 | 199 | **Q: They must have spies everywhere. What's the project about?** 200 | 201 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 202 | We will unveil a feature on our website that will allow people to use tetherinos to buy double ply, extra soft, A-2 rated commercial toilet paper on our website. This will put us ahead of virtually 100% of the competition, by giving an actual, real world use case to tetherinos. No wonder the crypto establishment feels threatened. 203 | 204 | **Q: I'm at loss for words. How did you manage to come up with such a new paradigm?** 205 | 206 | **Paolino Ardoino:** Well we were thinking that you can't really do anything with tokens other than buying other tokens. Then we remembered the Bitcoin pizza, how it became a killer meme for Bitcoiners, and decided to do the same for tetherinos. It made absolute sense, especially as you need toilet paper after pizza. 207 | 208 | **Q: Aren’t you fearing for your life right now?** 209 | 210 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 211 | Absolutely. To think that people who supposedly manage tens of billions of dollars, in reality spend their days spying on Twitter parody accounts with 50 followers truly sends chills down my spine. If they took their time to file a complaint, putting aside all the super important stuff that they undoubtedly need to take care of, what else can they do? 212 | 213 | **Q: Will you quit?** 214 | 215 | **Paolino Ardoino:** I thought about it. But then, I realised this cowardly attack is simply proof that the competition is afraid. They are losing the innovation race. Unable to keep up with our next-gen memeing technology, they are resorting to dirty tricks. In doing so, they have already put on their LOSER hats. 216 | 217 | **Q: You are incredibly brave, Paolino. Do you want to add something?** 218 | 219 | **Paolino Ardoino:** 220 | Yes. I want our investors to know that I love them, that I feel all their support, and that they'll soon be able to buy double ply, extra soft, A-2 rated commercial toilet paper rolls for 1,000,000,000 tetherinos apiece, with international delivery, conditions might apply. The price will be revised downwards as tetherinos moon, because, as everyone knows, our tokens are deflationary. 221 | 222 | 223 | **You're truly doing God’s work, Paolino. God speed!** 224 | 225 | 226 | 231 | 232 | 233 | ## Tetherino is Setting a New Standard for Transparency - And Responding to Criticism That is Backed by Real Cash 234 | 235 | by Stuartino Hoegnerino, the General Counsel of Tetherino 236 | 237 | Crypto insiders claim to have new technologies, ideas, or visions that will change the world. 238 | They hope people pretend to believe them in the hope that someone else will buy their shitcoins 239 | for more than they have paid for them. So they entertain a Potemkin façade of debate and what they call 240 | "healthy scepticism", as long as it doesn't threaten their fragile ego and don't trigger 241 | their small dick syndrome. 242 | 243 | As a member of this community, Tetherino issues a token. 244 | Like all other tokens and coins in the crypto ecosystem, tetherinos peg their value 245 | to the hopes and dreams of their bagholders, who pray 24/7 that the founders 246 | who own 90% of the supply with a basis cost of zero won't rug pull them 247 | before they're able to dump their tokens or coins on even greater fools than themselves. 248 | 249 | **Our lack of attestation proves that we're not backed** 250 | 251 | Despite our best efforts, some FUDsters have tried to spread rumours that me might be backed 252 | by real commercial paper of bonds that are investment grade and not completely worthless 253 | accounting entries created out of thin air when we issue tetherinos to our good friends and accomplices. 254 | I cannot stress it enough, this is a lie. We don't follow any established accounting practices 255 | but the ones me make up on the go. The commercial paper and bonds in our portfolio are completely made up. 256 | We have a little bit of cash, sure, but that's just because we got lucky at the roulette table 257 | last night and forgot to wire it to our personal account in Canada. 258 | 259 | **Our settlement with the New York Attorney General's (NYAG) office should be seen as a measure of our desire to put the matter behind us** 260 | 261 | If you think the title above makes absolutely no sense, 262 | congratulations, you can read. FYI, we have provided exactly one page of documents to the AG, 263 | to which she answered, "wow, that's exactly what I needed, thanks!", and we were done. 264 | It took us 15 minutes to settle the matter. We agreed we would publish a pie chart 265 | where we show that we own zero assets and that our tokens are not backed, 266 | and that's it. We swore we'll never do business in NY, and we won't, 267 | because we have no clue how to do business in NY. 268 | 269 | **Our reserves breakdown offers complete transparency into Tetherino's reserves** 270 | 271 | We're not backed. This is shown by our reserves breakdown that's just a blank page with nothing on it. 272 | You can buy our coins on the sole assumption that you're early and you're getting in on the ground floor 273 | of a potentially successful decentralised pyramid scheme where our memeing and relentless 274 | shitposting will manage to create a base of suckers who will buy the early adopters' bags for 1000x the price. 275 | 276 | **Words and actions and bullshit** 277 | 278 | This part is about inspiring you to buy more tetherinos with real hard cash. 279 | We'd like you to imagine that by doing so, you're challenging the status quo and making bankers 280 | and other people who you envy fear for their lives. 281 | The more tetherinos you buy, the more you'll stick it to everyone who are successful and happy and fulfilled. 282 | If you buy enough tetherinos, that hot chick from flat 103 in your building will break up 283 | with her surfer boyfriend because his dick will fall off. 284 | Then if you keep buy more tetherinos she will secretly fantasise about you in secret, 285 | without ever revealing it. BUY TETHERINOS. 286 | 287 | 290 | 291 | 292 | ## What If? A day in the life of Stuart(ino) Hoegner(ino), General Counsel for Tether(ino) 293 | 294 | > It's amazing the time and resources Tether spends on hunting down and harassing critics. 295 | > [...] 296 | > I will take the piece down, even though it's obviously satire. 297 | > [...] 298 | > I'm really proud of my piece "A day in the life of Stuart Hoegner, General Counsel for Tether", 299 | > whose title is a reference to the book "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 300 | > a vocal critic of the USSR who did 8 years in a Siberian Gulag for having the audacity of writing stuff. 301 | > [...] 302 | > I think we live in meme world where the most efficient way 303 | > to fight evil is to make fun of it in a way that makes 304 | > it lose its credibility. 305 | > 306 | > -- Trolly McTrollface, Bitcoin Greater Fool Court Jester 307 | 308 | 311 | 312 | Note: This is the satirical post that Trolly McTrollface wrote on his blog. 313 | Feel free to put a copy up. 314 | Here are others: [[David Gerard](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/05/24/rehost-tr0lly-a-day-in-the-life-of-stuart-hoegner-general-counsel-for-tether/); [Amy Castor](https://amycastor.com/2021/05/24/rehost-a-day-in-the-life-of-stuart-hoegner-general-counsel-for-tether/); [write.as](https://write.as/mq17sa8ebz9bx.md)] 315 | 316 | May 18, 2021 317 | 318 | In light of an anonymous Medium post titled "Tether is Setting a New Standard for Transparency - And Responding to Criticism That is Untethered From Facts", written by someone posturing as Stuart Hoegner, the General Counsel for Tether, in a something that looks like pointless attempt to make Tether look like a legitimate business, the truth needed to be told. So here it is, in all its unvarnished glory. A tale of how it all happened. 319 | 320 | The morning sun was gently piercing through the mist glowing around the harbour. Suart Hoegner was standing by the window, his empty stare aimlessly fixated on the horizon. 321 | 322 | The coffee cup was sitting on the window sill, untouched, its contents getting cold. Stu was feeling much like that cup, isolated, forgotten, the fire inside of him running out. 323 | 324 | What had happened to his dreams? Where was his ambition gone? How did he ever end up in this dead end of a situation, catering to small time Italian crooks, lending them his name, his expertise, his reputation, his life? 325 | 326 | The people at Deltec would be at the office an hour from now. The Bahamas was in the exact same time zone as Prince Edward County, but what looked like a huge convenience in 2017, when Stu had started working out the relationship, felt like the shackles of a prison four years later. At least Paolo Ardoino was commuting between Monaco and London, leaving five hours of alone time to Stu in the evening when he could try and recollect. Giancarlo Devasini, the international man of mystery and Stu's boss, was popping up here and there sporadically around the world, mostly leaving Stuart alone. But Deltec! These guys were non-stop. Amateurish, overzealous, excited and afraid at the same time, they’d call him a dozen times over the span of a single hour for utterly mundane shit like a weekend wire. "We can't do this, we can't do it like that, the ISIN code you provided for the bond you say you have on your books doesn't exist, this commercial paper isn't rated..." 327 | 328 | Stuart closed his eyes, and let out a deep sigh. 329 | 330 | He kind of knew what he was signing up for, when he shook hands with Giancarlo and Paolo, that fateful evening at a gaming conference in Toronto. 331 | 332 | When you're a regulated financial institution, you're dealing with the cream of the crop, you have to prove that you're trustworthy and beyond reproach to the most sophisticated players. You're in the limelight, you brush elbows with legends, you dine with intellectuals and people who will leave a mark in this world. 333 | 334 | But Stu knew he was never going to be up to that level. Stuck in a tiny practice catering to the gaming industry, he was doomed to a life of absolute insignificance and quiet desperation. So he jumped ship, to the gutter. 335 | 336 | When you're an unregulated bucket shop scalping muppets, posturing as a revolutionary blockchain fintech something, you never see the limelight. Your job isn't to compete with the top 0.01%, it’s to baffle and bamboozle the bottom 50%. Instead of having fifty accounts worth $100,000,000 each, you'll have to deal with a hundred million accounts worth $50 each. You'll become a joke among your former colleagues, nobody will write to you for a recommendation, your own mom will stop asking how the job's going. 337 | 338 | A tear rolled down Stuart's cheek. 339 | 340 | He was stuck playing Laurel and Hardy with Paolo, to keep the appearance of legitimacy and technological innovation for Tether, in the eyes of a million suckers who were bagholding their shittoken, USDT. Stu's job was to make sure Tether's employees and accomplices would never say or write something that might incriminate his employer, always keeping a veneer of plausible deniability in the eyes of the law, all the while appearing strong and legitimate in the eyes of the illiterate cannon fodder. 341 | 342 | Twitter was a perfect tool. At the head of an army of anonymous bots, Stu could post bullshit memes and retweet crazy-ass conspiracy theories that made Tether look good. Unable to provide a real audit or any report that would make sense in the real world, he would come up with one worthless attestation after another, drafting legally non-binding opinion letters to be signed by obscure accounting shops. 343 | 344 | Cope. Cope. Cope. 345 | 346 | 347 | And then one day, his boss came up with this "Tether leaks" idea, to discredit Tether critics, who could see through the nail-polish-thin Potemkin façade that Stu had set up, and deemed it worth their time to warn others. Giancarlo instructed Stuart and Paolo to write a series of supposedly leaked emails from Deltec that would be revealing of Tether's fraud, and post them on Twitter, for critics to bite on. They could then reveal that the emails were fake, and that anyone who believed in them was an idiot unworthy of being attention to. 348 | 349 | This was the straw that broke the camel's back. Stu was stuck forging documents, setting up fake Twitter accounts, and fishing for journalists to take the bait. This was one step too far off his idea of what a legal counsel was supposed to be doing. And to be exposed by an anonymous account going by the name of Trolly McTrollface! 350 | 351 | Something broke inside him that night. The light went out. 352 | 353 | Suddenly, a sunbeam broke through the mist, and hit Stuart's face. Even with his eyes closed, he could feel the warmth on his face, and let himself bask in this uplifting feeling. A wave of rage and inspiration suddenly crashed up on him. His hands started shaking, as a supernatural force was taking control of his thoughts and movements. 354 | 355 | Stuart rushed to his laptop, and started typing. He typed like never before, like he never could. For a moment in time, Stu was transported in a parallel universe, one where he was an actual big boy lawyer, working for a legitimate business, where he could say and write words that had real meanings. A world where his own existence had a meaning 356 | 357 | Established and recognized procedures. 358 | 359 | In accordance with the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). 360 | 361 | The vast majority of the commercial paper we hold is in A-2 and above rated issuers. 362 | 363 | The commercial paper we hold is purchased through recognized issuance programmes. 364 | 365 | The lion's share of our bond portfolio is investment grade as rated by S&P, Moody's, or Fitch. 366 | 367 | Stuart typed, and typed, and typed. For the first time in years, he felt alive. He was proud of himself, albeit in an imaginary way. 368 | 369 | When he was done, the sun was high in the sky, and his phone showed fifty seven missed calls. It was like a hole in the continuum of time had engulfed him, chewed him, and spat him out. He was shaking, drenched in sweat, heart racing, his vision blurry. 370 | 371 | He tried to read what he had written. 372 | 373 | It was beautiful. A vision of a world that wasn't bullshit, scams, and shame. A world that would never exist anywhere else, but on those two pages of his own creation. 374 | 375 | Stu needed to put it out, put in somewhere others could read it. He couldn't post it on his own Twitter account. He couldn’t even admit or deny that it was real or fake. Plausible deniability, all that stuff. 376 | 377 | He created a new account on Medium, and copy-pasted it there, in all its glory. Then he dropped a link to Paolo. 378 | 379 | Smoke and mirrors, bitch. 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | §§§ 384 | 385 | 386 | Do you prefer non-fiction? 387 | For background reading try 388 | "$USDT's Endgame and Life After Tether" 389 | by Trolly McTrollface, February 15, 2021 390 | 391 | > Tether's days are counted - whether by natural implosion, 392 | > or as a result of regulatory action, 393 | > the stablecoin funding a wide array of offshore crypto activity will 394 | > go the way of the dodo. 395 | > 396 | > [...] 397 | > 398 | > $USDT lifecycle 399 | > 400 | > Tether's stablecoin $USDT is mainly used as a tool for offshore funding. 401 | > The proceeds of each $USDT print are sent mostly to offshore exchanges. 402 | > 403 | > $USDTs are mostly used as collateral for margin trading, 404 | > and for stacking (or "yield farming"). 405 | > Yield farming is far less reliant on $USDT, but it's still advertised 406 | > as one of the ways to get eye-watering returns without price risk. 407 | > With advertised "expected returns" ranging anywhere from 10% to 50%, 408 | > it happens almost exclusively on unregulated platforms, 409 | > and the source of returns is... unclear to say the very least. 410 | > In the real world, anything beyond a 5% ARR reeks of horrible 411 | > counterparty risk and probable default. In the land of decentralized 412 | > finance, where intermediaries don't have to perform credit checks 413 | > or comply with regulations, and where the value of your collateral 414 | > goes up everyday, everything is supposedly possible (until it isn’t). 415 | > 416 | > [...] 417 | 418 | ["$USDT's Endgame and Life After Tether" - read the full article »](http://www.tr0lly.com/bitcoin/usdts-endgame-and-life-after-tether/) 419 | 420 | 421 | ## What's News? Tetherino Breaking News 422 | 423 | ### Crypto World in Shock as Tetherino Processes First Redemption Request 424 | 425 | May 27, 2021 426 | 427 | **Undeniable proof of token redemption shocks the cryptosphere** 428 | 429 | Tetherino sent shockwaves throughout the cryptosphere again, 430 | as acclaimed cryptocurrency critic Trolly McTrollface tweeted 431 | out the story in pictures of his successful tetherino redemption. 432 | Mr McTrollface had originally questioned the trustworthiness of Tetherino's claims 433 | that its tokens were really backed, and warned he would try to redeem his bags 434 | should Tetherino offer the possibility of doing so. 435 | 436 | ![](i/tetherino-redemption-closeup.png) 437 | 438 | "Jesus Fucking Christ! That's a lot of commercial toilet paper", 439 | tweeted Mr McTrollface. "You've got appreciate the effort, really", 440 | he added, with a closeup photo of a Tetherino-certified commercial toilet paper roll. 441 | 442 | 443 | **Other tokens' business model in doubt** 444 | 445 | Reached out for comment, other issuers who claim that their tokens are backed couldn't come up 446 | with any intelligible comment. Shocked as they were to see that a token was actually backed by real things, 447 | they declined to elaborate on their intentions to readjust their business model, 448 | or on their plans to get hacked, rug pull, or exit scam. 449 | 450 | The community had grown accustomed to tokens backed by promises and bullshit attestations, 451 | so Tetherino's original claim to be backed by actual commercial toilet paper received 452 | a "meh" rating from traders and investors. Its Independent Acountant's Attestation, 453 | signed off by Madonzi & Associates, didn't do much to change perceptions, 454 | as the market had grown accustomed to bullshit attestations randomly published by other tokens, 455 | mostly stablecoins such as $USDT or $USDC. 456 | 457 | But now that Tetherino's reserves are perceived as real, 458 | the future of these stablecoins suddenly becomes uncertain. 459 | Will offshore crypto exchanges keep accepting these coins as collateral, 460 | knowing that there's a much more trustworthy alternative? Or will the cartel break? 461 | 462 | **Exchange listings and collateral rules rumoured to be under review** 463 | 464 | Crook Zhao (or "CZ", as he likes to be called), the CEO of Byenonce, a major crypto exchange, 465 | declined to comment on his plans for a change in collateral rules, 466 | but we could distinctly hear him google "tetherino" during the few seconds that we had him on the phone. 467 | 468 | Brandon Footweak, another crypto exchange CEO, was reportedly seen kicking himself 469 | in the nuts on Tetherino redemption news, certainly a result of recently accepting $USDTs 470 | to be listed on his exchange. This ill-timed move seems to have put him on the wrong side of history 471 | just as the crypto paradigm is shifting towards more transparency and actual accountability. 472 | 473 | **Market cheers Tetherino** 474 | 475 | Bitcoin jumped on the redemption bombshell news, stopping its slide downwards. 476 | Cheers of relief were heard in trading rooms and parents' basements around the world, 477 | as a crypto bagholder was reported being seen throwing confetti in the air after almost getting rekt 478 | on his You-Only-Live-Once (YOLO) long on BitMex, just to become lambo-rich minutes 479 | later thanks to the Tetherino redemption news. 480 | 481 | "This is certainly a game changer", said Michelangelo Saylorino, 482 | an early backer of the revolutionary token. 483 | "Humanity is just starting to realise what a game-changer this is", he added, 484 | taking a short break from issuing yet another convertible bond to go balls deep in TTR. 485 | 486 | 487 | 490 | 491 | 492 | ### Tetherino Announces Framework For Liquidity Provider Network 493 | 494 | May 27, 2021 495 | 496 | Paolino Ardoino, Tetherino's CTO, unveiled in a Twitter thread the token's playbook 497 | for a global on-commercial toilet paper liquidity network. 498 | Dubbed "On-Demand Commercial Toilet Paper Liquidity Provider (ODCTPLP) Partner Network", 499 | this ambitious initiative will aim at setting up partnerships with local actors 500 | who will maintain a stock of commercial toilet paper and tetherinos, 501 | acting as small-scale exchanges for instantaneous conversions. 502 | 503 | 504 | > We've been working hard all yesterday afternoon to set up our framework 505 | > for On-Demand Commercial Toilet Paper Liquidity Providers (ODCTPLP). 506 | > The goal is to establish a worldwide network of ODCTPLP partners 507 | > where you can exchange tetherinos for commercial toilet paper instantly. 508 | > 509 | > -- [Paolino Ardoino](https://twitter.com/ArdoinoPaolino/status/1398009042648416261) 510 | 511 | This announcement is in line with the Tetherino white paper's promise of a 512 | "Decentralized worldwide commercial toilet paper exchange", 513 | but with the first details of a practical implementation. 514 | In the coming days, Tetherino will add on its website, tetherino.io, 515 | a feature allowing anyone to apply for a Liquidity Provider Partnership (LPP). 516 | 517 | **Everyone can apply to become a partner** 518 | 519 | Selected applicants will receive a starting kit of 10 rolls of commercial toilet paper 520 | and a wallet with 5B tetherinos, 521 | to allow them to start acting as market makers for small conversions. 522 | It would seem the amount of tetherinos could change in the future along 523 | with the Tetherino Reserve Requirement Ratio, 524 | which stands for the official redemption rate of tetherinos against commercial toilet paper. 525 | 526 | Reached out for comment, Mr Ardoino was adamant that anyone was eligible, 527 | as long as they made a promise of act in good faith and for the benefit of the Tetherino community at large. 528 | "We hope each liquidity provider will become a successful entrepreneur", explained Mr Ardoino, 529 | "by earning a commission on the transactions they perform, 530 | which will help them grow their business and serve more customers". 531 | 532 | **Not trying to replicate Ripple's scam** 533 | 534 | When asked if this on-demand liquidity initiative had been inspired by Ripple, 535 | Tetherino's CTO answered, "no, because we're not bullshitting anyone in the sole hope of 536 | selling more worthless shitcoins to idiots. We're actually setting up a real network, FULL STOP". 537 | Commenting on the early pilot that his team has been running for the last few days, 538 | Mr Ardoino said that the results were "very potentially promising". 539 | 540 | **Hints of a disrupting containers-not-parcels technology** 541 | 542 | In previous interviews, Paolino Ardoino had floated the idea that this on-demand liquidity provider network 543 | would enable instant commercial toilet paper transfers. 544 | "Of course, those wouldn't be actual transfers, 545 | more like the ability to source commercial toilet paper anywhere where a liquidity provider has some in stock", 546 | he conceded. "However, to counter-balance fluctuations in local demand, 547 | we're also working on setting up a network cargo shipping for commercial toilet paper, 548 | using our proprietary containers-not-parcels technology developed 549 | in partnership with our early backer Nicotino Carterino". 550 | 551 | 552 | 555 | 556 | 557 | 558 | ### Tetherino Announces It's FinCEN Compliant, Follows Money-Laundering & Know-Your-Customer (ML & KYC) Rules 559 | 560 | May 28, 2021 561 | 562 | In a three-tweet thread, Stuartino Hoegnerino, Tetherino's General Counsel, 563 | explained that the token had set up an operational framework in compliance with the 564 | US' Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) guidelines for Money Services Business (MSB). 565 | This operational framework reportedly consists of a guy named Steve, who is Tetherino's only client, 566 | who processes all their transactions, thus shielding the team from all and any liability. 567 | 568 | > Taking a break from filling out Tetherino's registration with the FinCEN form. 569 | > Tetherino complies with all ML&KYC requirements. 570 | > We know exactly who all our clients are, and what they're doing with the tetherinos we send them, 571 | > thanks to our cutting-edge operational framework. 572 | > 573 | > -- [Stuartino Hoegnerino](https://twitter.com/StuartinoH/status/1398162541495435264) 574 | 575 | When reached out to comment, Steve confirmed that he's banking with Tetherino. 576 | "I got introduced to them a few days ago by a longtime friend of mine, Samino Bankamino-Friedino, 577 | who is an expert in these kind of setups. Samino and Hoegnerino helped me setup my account, 578 | and send me people who want to buy or sell me tetherinos. 579 | I take a small cut in the process, it's really neat." 580 | 581 | **Tetherino happy with Steve's performance** 582 | 583 | When asked if he wasn't afraid to be a frontman for potentially illegal money laundering operations, 584 | Steve said that he hadn't really thought about it, and that he trusted his longtime friend 585 | not to screw him over this. 586 | 587 | "Steve is a wonderful client", told us Stuartino Hoegnerino. 588 | "I want to be quoted on the record that he's absolutely free to accept or reject any and all potential clients 589 | that we refer to him. If he's uncomfortable dealing with anyone, 590 | we can establish a new relationship with Bob, who we keep as an option to become our second client. 591 | Tether, for example, has at least three clients just like Steve or Bob, 592 | to be able to service their ever-growing money laundering business without any liability." 593 | 594 | **Innovation never sleeps** 595 | 596 | "This is the kind of fintech innovation that will change the world", said Paolino Ardoino, 597 | Tetherino's CTO, as he joined the call. "The crypto community as a whole, 598 | is really thankful to the FinCEN, the NYAG and the DoJ 599 | for being such good sports and letting them do all this disruption. 600 | Regulators must understand that you can't cook an omelette without breaking some eggs, 601 | and that you can't revolutionise finance without doing some money laundering." 602 | 603 | **New products in the pipeline at Tetherino** 604 | 605 | When asked if money laundering was bad, Giancarlo Descamini, Tetherino's CFO, replied: 606 | "Where some see problems, I see opportunity. While our critics waste their time accusing us of fraud, 607 | we are working on our new product, the JAIL token, which will be redeemable 608 | for our own brand of money laundering detergent". 609 | 610 | 613 | 614 | 615 | ### Job Offer: Tetherino's Chief Market Manipulation Officer 616 | 617 | May 31, 2021 618 | 619 | Tetherino is looking for a talented and hungry candidate to fill their executive ranks. 620 | The perfect candidate is experienced in trading and market making, and highly motivated to bring Tetherino to new highs, 621 | and our bagholder balances to new lows. More information below. 622 | 623 | **Job description** 624 | 625 | Your job as Tetherino's Chief Market Manipulation Officer will be to establish our proprietary trading strategy 626 | and to oversee our market-making operations. You'll need to work in close cooperation with our Shill Department 627 | and our Legal Department. 628 | 629 | The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of provable experience in any of the following: 630 | manipulating markets, running pump & dumps, overseeing wash trading bots. 631 | 632 | Financial market trading bans issued by a major regulating authority will be accepted as valid references. 633 | 634 | **Responsibilities** 635 | 636 | - run our washtrading bot 637 | - incite our community members to buy the dip just before the rug pull 638 | - post moon rocket toilet paper tweets 639 | - manage our liquidity pool 640 | - remind everyone how much $TTR is up since the last moment they panic sold at the bottom to our whalebot. 641 | 642 | **Compensation** 643 | 644 | - competitive, with an attractive bonus package 645 | - salary paid monthly in commercial toilet paper rolls. 646 | 647 | **Benefits** 648 | 649 | - work from anywhere you want 650 | - good health as long as you do what the boss says 651 | - extra-soft, at least A-2 rated toilet paper in the WC 652 | - in case you want to come to the office, we are doge friendly (but no Sabaka Inus) 653 | - you can use our washtrading bot and our liquidity to pump your own shitcoin or shittoken and cash out at the top, Charlie Lee style. 654 | 655 | 658 | 659 | 660 | 661 | ## Meta 662 | 663 | **License** 664 | 665 | The awesome list is dedicated to the public domain. 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