Tether is the real trouble here, that is a stablecoin backed by a company and all of our dollars are with them right now, that is not something we should be accepting this easily, it should be something we should be very much against. They are doing worse things than a bank does, at least a bank gives you saving interest for keeping your money there, these are some guys who have 10+ billion dollars on their accounts and they pay you nothing for it, they are just taking your money and giving you some fake created digital numbers and expect you to believe that they will honor their 1to1 backing.
I wouldn't use USDT if I had any other choice and nowadays I do have other choices so I haven't used it in a very long time. Decentralized stablecoins should be the future of trading.
Exactly. The introduction of centralized stablecoins does more harm than good to the entire crypto/Blockchain industry in general. It introduces the middleman, which is something crypto was meant to circumvent in the first place. Unfortunately, most people don't care about decentralization. They focus on convenience/ease-of-use on top of everything else. As long as this is the case, Tether (USDT) will continue to be relevant in the crypto/Blockchain space. At least, there are better alternatives out there on the market. While I have to admit that most stablecoins are centralized, there are quite a few which aim to bring the best of both worlds.
Nonetheless, we need more decentralized alternatives to DAI and USDJ if we want to minimize centralized stablecoin's dominance in the industry. I think that as more people become a victim of Tether's actions (like freezing someone's assets on the Blockchain), decentralized stablecoins will rise in popularity. Already, DAI is the most popular decentralized stablecoin on the market. Yet, DAI's liquidity is not as comparable as its centralized counterparts (like USDT or USDC). Strong marketing may be needed in order to boost DAI's adoption in the mainstream world. As long as developers continue to work on decentralized solutions for the stablecoin industry, there should be nothing to worry about. I'm guessing that all centralized stablecoins will eventually become regulated by mainstream governments in order to protect investors' funds. This is good because it'll reduce the number of scams in the industry, forcing companies to provide legitimate products to their customers. It's yet to be seen whenever Tether (USDT) will be able to survive heavy-handed regulations from the government or not. At least, decentralized alternatives will last for long thanks to their censorship-resistant design. Just my opinion