Eric Wall
Eric Wall is the head of research at Arcane Crypto, a cryptocurrency investment fund. He formerly was the crypto lead at Cinnober, a company that develops real-time clearing technology for trading venues and clearinghouses.
Eric Wall on Tether
Tether
Tether is a cryptocurrency that represents real-world assets like the Dollar and Euro on cryptocurrency markets.
Tether reviews by Eric Wall
All Tether reviews by expert Eric Wall.
- 2020
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Eric Wall on Tether Head of Research at Arcane Crypto
To quite some extent the reason Tether is king [of stablecoins] is because it provides essentially free access to shadowbanking. I'm not sure it's just a story about size or network effect.
Full review2020-01-25
- 2019
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Libra: A fiat-pegged, fiat-backed stablecoin issued on a federated ledger, controlled by a handful of parties. Much drama. May never launch.
USDT on Liquid: A fiat-pegged, fiat-backed stablecoin issued on a federated ledger, controlled by a handful of parties. Live for 4 months.
USDT on Liquid even has the following:
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- No blacklist capabilities from the issuer
- Privacy features (amounts & asset type hidden in txs)
- Atomic swaps to swap in/out of BTC w/o KYC over Tor
- Decent mobile wallet (Blockstream Green) to hold USDT
- Full nodes2019-11-27