China is going to launch its DCEP in the next few weeks. Backed up by perhaps as much as 500Bio Usd of bond issuance and what the market isnt expecting is that DCEP will be a stable coin and insiders are getting ready.
Tether has moved to a model to replenish amount every time there is demand to avoid perception that they are manipulating market by aligning creations to new inflows
alternatively, the opportunity cost of holding USDT has dropped because US rates are now 0, so it makes more sense to be sitting in Tether in general, as well as higher USD fx rate from flight to safety