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Tether General Counsel Tells CNBC Audit Is 'Months' Away

A day after rival stablecoin issuer Circle released more data about the assets behind USDC, Tether executives went on CNBC’s online show Tech Check to answer questions about its own token, USDT.

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SEC Chair Hints Some Stablecoins Are Securities

Stock tokens and stablecoins backed by securities might be treated as securities under U.S. law, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.

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Bitstamp Adds Support for Euro-Backed Tether Stablecoin Amid Increasing Demand

Access to EURT will save Bitstamp's euro users time and money without a loss of purchasing power, a Bitstamp executive said.

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Tether Co-Founder: ‘Tokenization of Fiat Will Happen’

Amid the explosive growth of stablecoins, Tether co-founder William Quigley discusses why stablecoins are here to stay. “Every fiat currency, globally, of any significant economy, will be tokenized,” Quigley said. “There’s a lot of people in crypto who need a safe harbor …

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Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Needs More Than VC Interest

Plus: Correcting misconceptions about institutional interest in crypto, and why Circle going public may bring greater regulatory clarity in the U.S. for stablecoins.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds Above $30K but Price Chart Looks 'Ugly'

Also, Circle might be an attractive "starter stock for the cautious" when it goes public, according to one analyst.

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USD Tether Market Cap Movement Correlates with Bitcoin Price Trend

The tether stablecoin (USDT) money printer has gone quiet over the past few weeks, which coincides with bitcoin's lackluster performance of late. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Tether Hasn’t Printed New USDT in Weeks: 3 Possible Explanations

Here are three reasons why the stablecoin's tremendous growth has screeched to a halt.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides Toward $30K, Looks ‘Fragile’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before the U.S. Senate, about inflation and the possible rollout of a digital dollar.

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Circle’s Transparency Pledge

Circle’s CEO, Jeremy Allaire, promised to make the company ”the most public and transparent operator of full-reserve stablecoins.” Circle began issuing quarterly attestation reports to prove that its assets are fully backed; however, the reports don’t state what the assets are backed by. “The upper echelons of Tether truthers are now bringing the same questions to Circle that they’ve brought to Tether,” Zack Seward, CoinDesk’s Deputy Global News Editor, said.

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