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What's interesting about the Cayman Islands is that they are the 4th largest holder of U.S. debt, with $441 billion[1].

So USD flows into Cayman banks, and those banks need to do something with the massive amounts of money just sitting there. So what do they do? They buy U.S. Treasuries. And half a trillion dollars is just their holdings in U.S. debt, imagine how much more money is hidden in those accounts and invested in other assets.

1. https://ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-cent...



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