Meinung

New York Regulators Have Planted a Seed for Stablecoin Transparency

New guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services should shake up how stablecoin issuers do attestation and other reporting, says our columnist.

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Finanzen

Tether Reduces Commercial Paper Holdings Almost 60% as It Tackles Quality Concerns

The USDT issuer's market cap has fallen to $66.1 billion from $82.2 billion in two months.

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino.  (Twitter/Bitfinex, modified by CoinDesk)

Märkte

First Mover Asia: How Traders Are Shorting Tether Stablecoins; Bitcoin Falls but Holds Above $20K

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against USDT in anticipation of it losing value amid concerns about the coin’s reserve backing and systemic risks; ether drops.

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)

Märkte

Crypto Derivatives Exchange Bybit to Settle Options Contracts in USDC

The company will be using the second-largest stablecoin by market cap for its relative stability.

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Videos

Short Sellers Ramping Up Bets Against Tether Amid Market Meltdown

Institutional investors are increasingly shorting tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, amid a wider market sell-off and on the heels of TerraUSD (UST)’s collapse. “The Hash” hosts discuss why Wall Street could be betting big against tether and what this means for the industry.

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Märkte

Fondos de inversión y traders cripto recortan Tether tras la implosión de UST, según informe

Las posiciones tienen un valor de al menos “cientos de millones” de dólares, dijo un trader.

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Märkte

Crypto Hedge Funds, Traders Short Tether After UST’s Implosion: Report

The positions are worth at least “hundreds of millions” of dollars in notional value, one trader said.

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Finanzen

Tether to Issue Sterling-Pegged Stablecoin, GBPT

The token will be pegged 1:1 to the British pound and will launch in July.

Bank of England (PeterRoe/Pixabay)