Guys, seriously... Can we Simplified Chinese CT folks stop being so dramatic? Forex, commodities, and stock CFD platforms have supported USDT deposits for at least 4-5 years now: Vantage, XM, TMGM, and hundreds of brokers worldwide have long allowed USDT deposits to start trading. In fact, for many regions, USDT is the primary deposit method for CFD platforms. Also, brokers like Interactive Brokers and CFD platforms have different logic when it comes to using USDT to attract customers. They’re providing deposit options for existing customers (already registered and KYC’d), not the other way around—offering brokerage services specifically for USDT-based users. USDT-based users are mostly people who either can’t/won’t do KYC (too much hassle or tax-related issues). Similarly, in compliant regions, Interactive Brokers doesn’t need stablecoin deposits—bank deposits are cheaper. In these regions, they’re a brokerage focused on stocks and options, which is accurate. But in non-US regions, especially countries where compliance is difficult, very few people can even trade US stocks (the research and investment threshold is too high). So it’s always been more about FX and commodities, mainly through CFDs, similar to “forex brokers.” It’s a completely different game. The onboarding direction is entirely reversed. So this basically doesn’t affect the target audience for on-chain US stocks: USDT-based users were never onboarded by traditional brokers like Interactive Brokers or CFD platforms anyway. These people don’t have or want KYC—they’re looking for exposure, not necessarily asset ownership. This kind of demand can be met through tokenization or synthetic positions. Saying that because Interactive Brokers is doing it, on-chain platforms shouldn’t bother anymore is essentially the same as saying, “XXX coin didn’t do well, so XXX chain/exchange shouldn’t bother either.”