Primarily because Liquid is federated and not totally decentralised. It requires a degree of trust, although there are many companies that are part of the federation.
Also Tether is a controversial addition, but makes perfect sense when you understand its use case.
mike
npub1aq…c237n
2024-07-30 19:30:39
in reply to nevent1q…0lt0
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