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almostkorean | 3 years ago

not a defi expert, but I think the most common way to do this is to use Aave:

  1. borrow Tether
  2. swap it for USDC (or stablecoin of choice)
  3. wait for Tether to crash
  4. pay off your Tether loan at a fraction of its original value
risk is that your tether loan will be accruing interest (currently 1.4%) so if it doesn't crash or takes too long to crash you could be liquidated.

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mook|3 years ago

There's also the risk that USDC (or alternate) will lower in value due to Tether crashing, even if they were merely also crypto. It may be necessary to convert to non-crypto assets instead.

Of course, then there's the risk that non-crypto assets will be affected by the same…