Tether (USDT)

A DOJ investigation into suspected bank fraud at Tether – issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT – has reportedly been transferred to another team within the department, according to a Monday article from Bloomberg Tether, however, has claimed that the information presented in the article is inaccurate, and a case of “sensationalized journalism.” Bloomberg’s...Read More

Stablecoin issuer Tether has revealed that it now holds zero commercial paper after months of gradually reducing its commercial debt holdings for its reserve assets.  The development comes less than two weeks after the company announced that it had reduced its commercial paper exposure to less than $50 million.  Commercial paper is an unsecured, short-term...Read More

Major stablecoin issuer Tether has further reduced its commercial paper holdings to less than $50 million, with more than half of its backing in US Treasury Bills. The continuous reduction in Tether’s commercial debt holdings is in line with the firm’s plans revealed earlier in the year. In an update posted on Twitter on Monday...Read More

Some of the tech-savvy youngsters in Lebanon have reportedly shifted their focus toward cryptocurrencies amid the current monetary crash Earlier this week, the government closed all local banks due to ongoing risks for employees and customers. It remains unknown when the financial institutions will re-open, which might be one reason why locals started looking for...Read More

Paulo Ardoino – Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Bitfinex and Tether – recently commented on Ether’s usefulness as money, post-merge.  The CTO believes the cryptocurrency cannot compete with Bitcoin as a form of money, due to design choices that have prioritized other objectives. Bitcoin is Money; Ether is Not As the CTO told Crowfund Insider...Read More

After one of its Founding Partner – Kyle Roche – made some astonishing claims in an inebriated state, two other law firms – Kirby McInerney LLP (Kirby) and Radice Law Firm, P.C. (Radice) – submitted a document this week to the court to remove the company as interim co-lead from the Tether and Bitfinex Crypto...Read More

The authorities of the Mendoza province reportedly enabled citizens to pay government fees and taxes in cryptocurrencies. The region’s tax administration described the move as “the strategic objective of modernization and innovation,” which could give “taxpayers different means to comply with their tax obligations.” Contrary to Mendoza’s pro-crypto stance, Argentina’s central bank is not so...Read More

Leading stablecoin issuer Tether has hired accounting firm BDO Italia to replace Cayman Islands firm MHA Cayman in overseeing its attestation reports for USDT reserves.  The USDT issuer said it plans to release its attestation reports every month, replacing the previous quarterly reporting arrangement.  Tether Hires Major European Auditor Founded in 1965, BDO Italia is...Read More

Cryptocurrency scams have reportedly been one of the most common cyber offenses in Hong Kong during the first half of 2022, and 25% involved digital assets. The concerning number of such fraudulent schemes could be explained by the growing interest in cryptocurrencies displayed by many Hong Kong residents. A recent research classified the state as...Read More

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether have collaborated with Hypercore and have collectively created a new platform called Holepunch and launched a fully encrypted peer-to-peer (P2P) video calling application – Keet. Factoring in Privacy According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, Keet will facilitate real-time audio/video calls, text chat, and file sharing....Read More

Tether still has the largest market share of all the stablecoins, but it is now around 43%, according to CoinGecko. Glassnode reports that the USDT market share is a slightly higher 45% but still shows the same downward trend of its dominance. According to the Tether transparency report, there are 66 million USDT in circulation,...Read More

When traders and investors exit their crypto asset positions, they usually convert them into stablecoins before taking them off exchanges as fiat. That exodus has been going on for the past six weeks, causing the stablecoin market share to grow. Furthermore, this is despite the reduction in the supply of the world’s largest one, Tether....Read More

Investors are fleeing from Tether (USDT), says on-chain data. The stablecoin giant, as a result, has lost significant market share amid a slew of market corrections. Tether’s Losing Market Share Tether currently sits on a $68 billion market cap, the lowest since October last year, down from the recently established all-time high of $83 billion....Read More

Tether – the company behind the leading stablecoin by means of overall market capitalization (USDT) – has publicly dismantled rumors about Asian Commerical Paper backing and more. The downturn in the cryptocurrency markets continues but Tether – one of the most prominent players in the industry – debunked some of the rumors that are running...Read More

Tether – the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin – has now launched its premier Tether token (USDT) across Polygon. This will bring Tether’s utility to thousands of dapps running on the blockchain. Polygon is a layer 2 scaling solution for the Ethereum network. It allows for speedier transactions with lower fees, using technologies like...Read More