Game of Coins: Inside the Paxos-Gemini Stablecoin Discount War
Here's why several stablecoins saw sudden bursts of activity over the past three months.
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Jan 16, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
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Documents Suggest Tether Has Fiat Funds to Back Stablecoin: Report
Tether Ltd. may have the cash reserves to back up its 1.8 billion dollar-pegged tokens, says Bloomberg.
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Dec 18, 2018 at 3:15 p.m. UTC
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Tether Says Customers Can Once Again Deposit and Redeem Fiat
Tether is again offering fiat redemption of its stablecoin USDT. Meanwhile, Bitfinex is now offering tether trading pairs with USD and EUR.
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Nov 27, 2018 at 3:40 p.m. UTC
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Report: US Officials Are Probing Tether Role in Bitcoin Market Manipulation
The U.S. DOJ is reportedly probing Tether and Bitfinex over whether they artificially boosted bitcoin's price using the USDT stablecoin.
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Nov 20, 2018 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
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Stablecoin Purchases Surged Amid Wednesday's Crypto Market Drop
The broader cryptocurrency market plummeted on Wednesday, but stablecoins in particular saw no shortage of buyers.
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Nov 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Bitfinex's Parent Company Has a New Offshore Services Provider
iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex, has parted ways with its old offshore services provider for a new firm.
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Nov 16, 2018 at 5:09 a.m. UTC
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PwC Is Advising (Not Auditing) Another Stablecoin Project
PwC's Hong Kong division is exploring best practices for issuing stablecoins with non-profit Loopring Foundation. Auditing, though, is another matter.
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Nov 6, 2018 at 5:15 a.m. UTC
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Deltec Chairman Says Tether Letter on Bank Relationship Is 'Authentic'
Last week's much-scrutinized letter, in which a Bahamas-based bank appeared to vouch for Tether's balance, has been confirmed as genuine by the bank.
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Nov 5, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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Here's What 3 Lawyers Have to Say About That Cryptic Tether Letter
The wisp of a signature on Deltec Bank's letter to Tether is the least of it. More important is the language around liability.
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Nov 2, 2018 at 6:05 p.m. UTC
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Tether's Price Has Stabilized, But the Stablecoin's Supply Is Still Shrinking
Crypto exchanges are shedding tethers by the million, and millions of USDT are ending up at Bitfinex. From there, they are taken out of circulation.
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Oct 31, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 31, 2018