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Transcript: Bennett Tomlin Explains How Tether Works

Understanding a crucial component of the crypto ecosystem.

The Tether logo on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 

Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
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Tether is a crucial component of the crypto ecosystem. It's also a controversial one. And yet, even as other crypto entities implode, the stablecoin has continued to hold its peg. So what is it? How does it work? And who created it? To learn more, we spoke with Bennett Tomlin of the Crypto Critics Corner podcast. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.