I've been in crypto trading and building for a couple of years now, and no matter what direction I went everything serious always landed back on USDT.
My pick for the final boss of crypto is Tether.
It became the default unit people actually use for real activity.
Trading pairs, lending, payments, even project treasuries all rely on it for stability. I saw this play out in the last bear runs when USDT dominance jumped.
Other pairs dried up fast and everyone scrambled for that steady liquidity just to keep things moving.
What gives it the real edge is how central it sits in capital flows.
Any move on Tether's side whether it's reserves, operations or fresh regulations sends waves across exchanges, protocols and user behavior everywhere.
The rest of us end up adjusting our strategies around it instead of the other way around.
This is also why @RallyOnChain feels different to me. While the space chases control over those hidden liquidity layers, it's trying to build transparent on chain evaluation that actually rewards the quality of work and ideas.
