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Crypto’s Inevitable Crash

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In  their current state, cryptocurrencies are doomed to fail. This isn't an uncommon sentiment either, there are plenty of different crypto blogs that share this opinion. The crypto market is becoming more and more intertwined as well as getting more and more inflated. It’s looking to be a giant bubble that’s bound to pop, and pop soon. One of the many reasons crypto is doomed is the prevalence of Tether throughout all the coins and its fraud. For those of you who don’t know what Tether is, it is a cryptocurrency that is designed to facilitate the use of fiat currencies in a digital manner . Tether tries to achieve this by making the coins price always equivalent to $1. Coins that operate in this fashion call themselves “stablecoins” to show that it is less volatile than bitcoin where the price of a coin can fluctuate thousands of dollars every day. Tether also insures that their coin is backed by the reserves they own, although they use shady language in their FAQ when it comes to