Another explanation as to why so much tether is being made is because more and more people are "tethering up" in order to protect themselves from the crash.
from what i've read, that happens, then tether has an extra bitcoin they can do whatever they want with. effectively making two bitcoins; the one they bought off the user, and the USDT's worth of bitcoin they sent to the user.
i've been looking into this for upwards of four days so i'm a relative expert in crypto circles.
pin the tail on the moment the order went through:
