WehavenowreviewedtheupdatedTetherarticlebyJohnM.GriffinandAminShams.
Toobtainpublication,GriffinandShamshavereleasedaweakenedyetequallyflawedversionoftheirpriorarticle.Therevisedpaperisawatered-downandembarrassingwalk-backofitspredecessorthatstillsuffersfromthesamemethodologicaldefects,coupledwiththeclumsyassertionthatonelonewhalemayberesponsiblefortheriseofbitcoinin2017.
Thepurportedconclusionsreachedbytheauthorsarebuiltonahouseofcardsthatsuffersfromtheabsenceofacompletedataset.Asanexampleofoneofmanydeficiencies,theauthorsopenlyadmittheydonothaveaccuratedataonthecrucialtimingoftransactionsortheflowofcapitalacrossdifferentexchanges.Thiscriticallackofinformationmeanstheyareunabletoestablishavalidsequenceofeventsthroughwhichtheallegedmanipulationcouldhavehappened.Theupdatedpaperisstillbasedonthesameincompleteandcherry-pickeddatathatmadetheoriginalstudydeficient.Furthermore,theauthorsnowadmitthatthepatternsoftradingtheyobservedcouldbeconsistentwiththemarketpurchaseofTethers,asopposedtotheissuanceofunbackedTethers.Importantly,theauthorsdonotpossessorreferenceanydatadisputingthatTetherhassufficientreservestobackupTethertokenissuancesincirculation.
DespiteGriffin'sfalsebravadoinrecentaggressivestatementstothemedia,theauthorsdemonstrateafundamentallackofunderstandingofthecryptocurrencymarketplaceandthedemandthatdrivesTethertokenpurchases.Simplystated,thedigitaltokeneconomyisdrivenbylargerandmorecomplexfactorsthanthetradingpracticesofanysingleplayer.Judgingbythereactiontotheupdatedpaper,sophisticatedandexperiencedtradersintheecosystemappeartofullyunderstandthisconcept.Toreducethespikeinthebitcoinpricein2017tosuchsimplistictermsisfacile.Itisalsoaninsulttothemillionsofpeopleinourcommunitythatbelieveinthesoundprinciplesgoverningthedigitalcurrencyeconomy.
TetheranditsaffiliateshaveneverusedTethertokensorissuancestomanipulatethecryptocurrencymarketortokenpricing.AllTethertokensarefullybackedbyreservesandareissuedpursuanttomarketdemand,andnotforthepurposeofcontrollingthepricingofcryptoassets.Itisreckless–andutterlyfalse–toassertthatTethertokensareissuedinordertoenableillicitactivity.TethertokenissuanceshavequadrupledsinceDecember2017.Thisgrowthisnotaproductofmanipulation;itisaresultofTether'sefficiency,acceptanceandwidescaleutilitywithinthecryptocurrencyecosystem.
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