Most Influential 2021: Bitfinex’ed
Some of the pseudonymous account’s suspicions about Tether’s backing were vindicated this year.

For the past four years, the pseudonymous Twitter user Bitfinex’ed has been one of the most vocal critics of the cryptocurrency industry. They’ve taken particular aim at Tether, the company behind the largest and most used dollar-pegged stablecoin,
Bitfinex’ed has raised significant questions about Tether’s backing, its banking partners and about cryptocurrency broadly. This year, some of his predictions were vindicated, when the New York attorney general found that Tether has at times lied about its reserves. Time will tell if Bitfinex’ed’s other predictions come true.
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