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toxicbitcoiner | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 IIRC, Booth says something similar about Tether.
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stacksatsio | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Haven’t heard that but yeah same principle at play. 

You don’t become a Top 20 US bond buyer in the world as an unsanctioned offshore entity in the fiat system, without having the blessing of the State and friends in high places to enable things.
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toxicbitcoiner | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Exactly
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roll_the_dice | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Could be some kind of deal where the USgov gets to keep the 160k Bitfinex coins in exchange for giving tether a green light