On: CFTC Orders Tether and Bitfinex to Pay Fines Total...

[christopherwxyz]

The U.S. government insures its own currency using its own currency or security.

Tether can’t do that without hurting the stability guarantee.

[bpodgursky → christopherwxyz]

Tether can absolutely insure its own currency by printing more Tether as needed -- it's identical to what the US government will do to protect bank deposits, by printing more dollars!