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Uptober Forming Amid Rising Stablecoin Liquidity and Bitcoin Transactions

Stablecoin market capitalization has jumped to $169 billion led by USDT and USDC. Plus, on-chain analytics firm Santiment reported a bump in whale transactions on the Bitcoin network. Could stablecoin liquidity and rising transaction volume be the catalyst for bitcoin's next price surge? CoinDesk's Christine Lee presents the "Chart of the Day."

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Tether-Issued Stablecoin USDT's Market Share Grows to 75%

Tether's USDT continues to secure its dominant position in the stablecoin market. According to data from Token Terminal, USDT's market share grew to 75% from 55% in the past two years and the supply of USDT also nearly doubled during that period of time. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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Bitcoin Price May Slide Lower on $1B Withdrawal of USDT: IntoTheBlock

IntoTheBlock noted that more than $1 billion of Tether's USDT stablecoin was withdrawn from crypto exchanges on Tuesday, the most in a day since May. According to the analytics firm, previous cases where withdrawals exceeded $1 billion soon led to a downtrend in bitcoin. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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USDT and USDC Combined Supply Grew $3B Amid Crypto Market Rebound

The supply of the two top stablecoins, USDT and USDC grew nearly $3 billion in a week, a sign that investors rushed to buy crypto at lower prices after the market tumble last Monday. According to data from Lookonchain, 1.3 billion USDT was transferred to exchanges in the days after the market crash on August 5th. USDC’s market cap also grew some 1.6 billion this week, the highest since March last year. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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Why USDT Dominates Supply With Lower Transaction Volume

Visa launched a stablecoin dashboard that shows the outstanding supply of fiat-backed tokens at an all-time high, with Tether’s USDT dominating. While USDT dominates supply, when it comes to transaction volume, USDC takes the number one spot. Find out why "Crypto Is Macro Now" newsletter author, Noelle Acheson says this could be. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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DOJ Wants CZ to Serve 3 Years in Prison; Tether to Freeze Wallets Evading Venezuelan Sanctions

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as the U.S. Department of Justice said that Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao should spend three years in prison for his guilty plea. Plus, Nigeria’s Central Bank has directed financial institutions to identify persons or entities transacting in or operating with Bybit, KuCoin, OKX, and Binance. And, Tether has said it will freeze wallets that are using USDT to evade sanctions on oil exports in Venezuela.

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Polymarket Traders Bet on Fed Rate Cuts; Bitcoin Spot ETFs Register Five-Day Withdrawals Streak

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as U.S.-based spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds registered cumulative outflows of $4.3 million, extending the four-day run of withdrawals ahead of the halving. Plus, traders on Polymarket bet on the number of potential Fed rate cuts this year and Tether expands its USDT to the TON Network.

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Zeke Faux's Crypto Adventures and His Relationship With Former FTX CEO SBF

Should Sam Bankman-Fried have just performed a rug pull? Why is it so hard to get details into USDT issuer Tether? Zeke Faux, author of 'Number Go Up,' shares his findings after making a deep dive into the world of crypto.

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Dissecting the Tether Imbalance on Curve and Uniswap

Kaiko says Curve’s 3pool and Uniswap V3’s main USDT-USDC pool both became imbalanced late last week, as USDT selling escalated. However, the research firm points out the trend actually started in mid-July, well before the Curve exploit. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Paolo Ardoino: Tether's Stress Test

The role of the stablecoin is to always ensure customers get a one-to-one redemption to the dollar, says Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of Tether, the firm stablecoin USDT, and its affiliate cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. Scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin has been increasing in the past month due to the latest USDT depegging scare. In a Word on the Block interview with Forkast Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau, Ardoino breaks down the USDT reserves, how the firm’s investment in U.S. treasuries is generating profits and discusses why secondary market traders can trigger USDT depegging concerns.

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