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Tether Attestation is a Step Towards Transparency

Tether published an attestation today verifying that it has $35B in assets to back USDT. The report card, produced by a third-party accounting firm, is the first from Tether since 2018. Nik De discusses the report and its significance.

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Planning to Short Bitcoin? Better Check China’s ‘Tether Premium’ First

Bitcoin analysts say this week's quick market rebound might be due to Chinese retail buyers buying the dip, using the stablecoin tether.

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Bitcoin Poised for Further Losses After Two-Day Plunge Wipes Out More Than $100B

Even after a price plunge of more than $10,000 over the past couple days, analysts see further selling ahead.

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Paxos CEO: Mainstream Adoption of Crypto Will Revolutionize the Financial System

Charles Cascarilla, CEO of Paxos, joins “First Mover” to weigh in on the Bitfinex and Tether settlement, the rise of USDT around the world and the impact of institutional adoption by major players including PayPal.

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NY AG’s $850M Probe of Bitfinex, Tether Ends in an $18.5M Settlement

In a closely watched case with wide-ranging implications for the crypto market, Tether has admitted no wrongdoing and will provide reports on USDT’s reserve composition for two years.

New York Attorney General Letitia James. The NYAG's office settled a long-running investigation into Bitfinex and Tether.

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Bitfinex Says It Repaid Tether for $550M Loan at Center of NYAG Probe

Bitfinex says early Friday it repaid fully of the loan to Tether.

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Bullish Sign for Crypto? USDC and Dai Balances on Exchanges Hit Record Highs

Buying in these stablecoins may foretell where the crypto market is going.

Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire

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Tether Just Won't Go Away. Does the Crypto Market Care?

As the crypto market continues to rally, an old debate reignites on whether the most important stablecoin in trading is really stable.

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino. Tether issues the USDT stablecoin.

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OKEx’s Trading Volumes and Tether Reserve Plunge on Possible User Exodus

A sharp drop in OKEx’s trading volume and stablecoin reserves – tether in particular – may reveal an ongoing exodus of its users after the popular crypto derivatives exchange unexpectedly halted all crypto withdrawal activities for about five weeks.

Will the exodus of users from OKEx continue?

Finance

Origin Debuts OUSD, a Stablecoin That Works Like a Savings Account

Origin is announcing Origin Dollars, or OUSD, a stablecoin whose reserves leverage decentralized finance (DeFi) so that balances grow wherever it resides.

Matt Liu, co-founder; Tom Linton, OUSD head engineer; and Josh Fraser, co-founder