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Tether Starts Printing Again After 2-Month Pause

The issuer of the world's largest stablecoin has minted 2.3 billion new USDT tokens since the start of August.

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Poly Network Hacker Releases Private Key for Remaining Looted $141M

In a note to the Poly Network team, the attacker referred to the saga as "one of the most wild adventures in our lives."

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Messari CEO Ryan Selkis on Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Crypto Regulation

Bitcoin is down about 1.3% over the past 24 hours. The next support is seen at the $42,000 breakout level, which could stabilize the pullback. Messari Founder and CEO Ryan Selkis discusses his positive analysis and outlook for bitcoin, explaining why he’s a “perma-bull.”

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Huobi-Branded HUSD Reveals Breakdown of Reserves: All Held in Cash

The reserves backing Huobi’s HUSD, the eighth-largest stablecoin by market cap, are revealed to be all held in cash in money market accounts in the U.S. This comes as stablecoin issuers have followed each other in increasing transparency.

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Breaking Down the Market Reaction to Gensler’s Crypto Remarks

Sam Trabucco, co-CEO of quantitative trading firm Alameda Research, breaks down the crypto market activity following SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s remarks at the Aspen Security Forum. Plus, his take on what people are getting wrong about stablecoin tether (USDT).

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USDT Usage on Ethereum Shifts Away From Asia Daytime Hours

The changing trading patterns in USDT might be the result of China's recent crackdown on cryptocurrency mining and trading.

Chart shows USDT usage on Ethererum. Darker shades indicate more intensive trading activities. The usage pattern has shifted slightly later in the day in 2021.

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Crypto Long & Short: What's Going On With Tether?

Since the end of May, tether's growth has gone completely flat.

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What Drove This Week’s Bitcoin Rebound?

Bitcoin’s price is up about 23% over the past week and is on course for its 10-day winning streak, the longest since October 2015. CoinDesk’s Brad Keoun and George Kaloudis review the recent events that could have brought BTC to this point.

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Market Cap of USDC Growing Faster Than Tether

Half of the trades in and out of bitcoin are done with Tether, the dominant stablecoin and third-largest cryptocurrency with a $64 billion market cap. Yet, ​Coin Metrics reveals the market cap of stablecoin USDC is growing faster than that of USDT. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Does Tether Pose Systemic Risk to Crypto Markets?

CoinDesk Data and Indexes Director Galen Moore discusses his stablecoin Tether (USDT) assessment and its impact on bitcoin amid the cryptocurrency being subject to increased scrutiny by U.S. regulators. “The question of Tether’s ability to maintain its peg to the dollar is a systemic question,” Moore said.

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