Tether in Talks to Support Cantor Fitzgerald’s Planned Bitcoin Lending Program: WSJ

Tether may take part in Cantor’s multi-billion dollar bitcoin financing program.

The latter already owns a 5% stake in Tether and custodies its U.S. Treasuries.

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Tether CEO Spotlights Bitcoin’s Uniqueness While Citing Bearish View on Shiba Inu, PEPE, WIF, FLOKI

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Tether adds 8,888 Bitcoins to its reserves, holding more than 75K Bitcoin

Stablecoin issuer Tether made headlines on March 31, as it acquitted 8,888 Bitcoin, valued at $618 million. The recent acquisition significantly boosts Tether’s reserves prior to the upcoming Bitcoin halving event.

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Tether's $5.25 Billion Surge Sparks Speculation, Is This Good for Bitcoin (BTC)?

Tether's (USDT) $5.25 billion supply boom to power Bitcoin growth

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Tether's Big Bitcoin Bet Pays off With 85% Profit

Tether has joined MicroStrategy and El Salvador in reaping huge gains from its Bitcoin bet

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Tether to become a Bitcoin miner with a $500m investment in 2024

Tether Holdings ventures into Bitcoin mining, investing $500 million to establish operations in Uruguay, Paraguay and El Salvador.

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Tether plans $500M investment into Bitcoin mining operations

In a significant diversification of its core business of managing the USDT stablecoin, Tether Holdings Ltd. is pivoting a portion of its operations toward Bitcoin (BTC) mining. As reported by Bloomberg, Tether plans to invest approximately half a billion dollars over the next six months, a move that could significantly alter the dynamics of the […] The post Tether plans $500M investment into Bitcoin mining operations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Tether reports Bitcoin reserves up by $170M alongside drawdown in precious metals allocation

Stablecoin issuer Tether’s (USDT) second-quarter attestation revealed a significant increase in its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves by more than $170 million, raising the total to $1. 67 billion from the $1.

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Tether to Use 15% of Profits to Grow Bitcoin Holdings

Tether announces it plans to allocate 15% of revenues toward buying Bitcoin. Is this a trustworthy plan for further diversification, or a distraction from its questionable accounting? The post Tether to Use 15% of Profits to Grow Bitcoin Holdings appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Tether (USDT) Plans to Boost Its $1.5 Billion Bitcoin (BTC) Holdings

Tether set to increase its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves

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Tether to buy Bitcoin based on monthly net profits

Tether said that Bitcoin’s decentralized nature and its long-term store of value made it an obvious choice for the stablecoin issuer.

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Tether Leveraged Fed Policy to Buy $1.5B in Bitcoin

Tether bought over 52,000 Bitcoin using excess reserves in Q1 2023.

The post Tether Leveraged Fed Policy to Buy $1.5B in Bitcoin appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin holds above $41,000 over the weekend, Tether shows bullish signs

As Bitcoin (BTC) wavers around $41,000, Tether is indicating big moves may be coming for crypto in general. The post Bitcoin holds above $41,000 over the weekend, Tether shows bullish signs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Is Tether Pumping The Price Of Bitcoin?

There is a lot of noise about the legitimacy of the stablecoin Tether (USDT), with claims of “pumping the price of bitcoin” being made.

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Tether (USDT) receives an extortion threat of 500 Bitcoin (BTC)

The issuer of the USDT stablecoin Tether revealed it received a ransom note asking the company to $22 million worth of Bitcoin (500 BTC) or risk critical exposure. According to Tether, the threat actors claim they have implicating documents that could “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.

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Too late for Tether 'FUD' as Bitcoin price poised to hit $63K, says trader filbfilb

Accusations around Tether bringing down Bitcoin at a later date are dead in the water, the analyst argues in the wake of S&P500 adoption.

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The Popular Stablecoin Tether Is Now Circulating on the Bitcoin Cash Network

The most popular stablecoin tether (USDT) has officially been minted on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain via the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP). At press time there’s only 1,010 SLP-based USDT in circulation, as the firm Tether Limited seems to be issuing small amounts and testing the SLP framework.

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Tether's rise might threaten Bitcoin, Ethereum

Alongside Bitcoin, Tether has managed to remain relevant in the headlines in 2020 as the largest stablecoin asset made another jump in the industry. According to data, Tether is currently the third-laThe post Tether's rise might threaten Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Tether's on-chain withdrawals spikes; what does this mean for Bitcoin?

Over the past couple of weeks, popular stablecoins such as Tether [USDT] have seen strong accumulation. It was the stablecoins that benefitted the most as the market reeled downward. Following the The post Tether's on-chain withdrawals spikes; what does this mean for Bitcoin? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Tether may be widening the disparity between Bitcoin, altcoins

In its most recent ‘Crypto Outlook’ report, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Senior Commodity Strategist, Mike McGlone, spoke about Bitcoin, Tether (USDT), their adoption and possible outcomes in 2020. The post Tether may be widening the disparity between Bitcoin, altcoins appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Tether Net Issuance Has Stalled While Crypto Market Stagnates

The number of issued USDT by the Tether Treasury exploded in the first half of 2019. However, it has since stalled alongside Bitcoin’s own price. There was much buzz earlier this year about Tether (USDT) issuances and Bitcoin’s rising price.

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Bitcoin No Longer Rules the Roost in Tether World

The Ethereum-based version of Tether surpassed the one issued on the Bitcoin Blockchain

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Tether Issuance Could Cause Bitcoin to Break out From Its Range

Since the beginning of the week, there has been an uncommonly-high number of significant Tether (USDT) transfers to various cryptocurrency exchanges — headlined by a $40 million transfer to the Binance exchange.

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Tether slowly migrating from the Bitcoin to Ethereum blockchain

Tether’s USDT is steadily migrating from Bitcoin Omni-based addresses to Ethereum-based ones, with 40 percent of USDT now using the ERC-20 standard.  Major cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Poloniex announced they were both moving their Tether addresses from Omni.

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The unenviable fate of Tether (USDT) and Bitcoin (BTC) fireworks on Independence Day

Tether minted additional 100 M USDT and sent them to his “home” exchange Bitfinex. As a rule, such movements cause the rise of Bitcoin for understandable reasons. Although, for example, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell does not share the opinion that this is an impudent market manipulation: – I think Tether is actually a small part […]

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Did Tether Treasury’s action of minting more USDT stall Bitcoin’s pullback?

The world’s oldest stablecoin, Tether, has time and again exhibited suspected market manipulation patterns. One of the most debated subjects in the cryptocurrency ecosystem is whether Tether is pivotal to Bitcoin’s surge and overall movement.

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Kraken CEO: Tether Is Not Driving Bitcoin Price

TD Ameritrade interviewed Kraken’s Jesse Powell over concerns about large amounts of Tether coming into the market. Tether Influx Usually Indicates Fiat Entering Bitcoin Market The latest surge in #bitcoin has been accompanied by big volume in #tether.

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Tether (USDT) Market Cap Sees 65% Surge Since Bitcoin’s April Bull Rally

Since the beginning of April 2019, Tether (USDT) market capitalization seems to be growing in tandem with the recent bitcoin price surge. The current USDT market cap which stands at $3. 34 billion surged 65 percent since the bull rally on April 1, 2019.

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$150 Million in Freshly Printed Tether To Cause Bitcoin Price to Surge

Tether’s effect on the crypto market at large cannot be understated. Not only does the fiat-backed stablecoin act as a safe haven asset during downtrends and crashes, in the past sentiment surrounding Tether has had an enormous impact on Bitcoin price.

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Tether (USDT) Promotion, Bitcoin (BTC) Likely to Print Higher

Bitcoin (BTC) in an uptrend but down 4. 3 percent Tether’s reserve low and the peg isn’t 1:1 against the USD It is now emerging that USDT’s reserves don’t tally with what’s in circulation. That means Tether Limited is lying and investors may flock to safety driving Bitcoin prices up.

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Bitcoin Price Reaction to Tether Fiasco May Signal Strong Fundamental Strength

The crypto community was once again shaken earlier this week when news broke regarding the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office pursuing further investigative action into the controversial stable coin Tether and related crypto exchange Bitfinex.

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Tether (USDT), A Blip and Another Opportunity For Bitcoin (BTC) Bulls

Bitcoin (BTC) shed $4 billion after NY OAG sue iFinex Tether controversy force Bitcoin liquidation The OAG of New York is after iFinex, and from their documents, officials say the Hong-Kong based exchange, BitFinex are contravening NY Laws and therefore suing them.

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Tether bombshell leads to 5% wipeout of bitcoin price

On Apr. 25, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged iFinex, the company behind Bitfinex and Tether, of misusing $900 million of Tether’s cash reserves to hide an $850 million loss.

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Tether bombshell leads to 5% wipeout of bitcoin, can the market recover?

On Apr. 25, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged iFinex, the company behind Bitfinex and Tether, of misusing $900 million of Tether’s cash reserves to hide an $850 million loss.

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Tether accused of minting almost $400 million in uncollateralized UDST to prop up bitcoin

Tether, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has issued over $300 million in USDT during the last week. The sudden increase in supply has resulted in accusations that Tether is, once again, engaging in market manipulation and that its stablecoin is still unbacked by dollar reserves.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Sees Relief Rally after Tether (USDT) Injection

In one of the worst weeks for traders, Bitcoin prices sank more than 30%, but later recovered somewhat after an intervention from the Tether treasury.

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The Daily: Tether Sheds Its Peg

What kind of a world are we living in when bitcoin and tether, two of the stablest currencies in the cryptosphere, break out at the same time? Bitcoin is headed north while tether has taken a tumble in events that are closely linked.

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University Researcher: Tether Not Responsible For Bitcoin Price Levels

A Queensland Univerity professor has attempted to debunk the theory which accused stablecoin Tether issuance model of manipulating the Bitcoin value. Tether Not Responsible In his report, Dr. Wang Chun, Ph.

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Evidence That Tether Is Manipulating Bitcoin Is Nonexistent

It’s become a bit of a hot topic within the crypto-debate. Research carried out during the middle of 2018 suggested that movements of Tether (USDT) could have been disturbing Bitcoin and thus, could have been manipulating the price of Bitcoin.

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Is Tether Manipulating Bitcoin Again? A Week in the Markets 14.08.18

Is Tether manipulating Bitcoin again? Who controls Tether? Is Bitfinex pulling the strings? Did Tether release tokens to avoid Bitcoin dropping to permanently low prices? Join me for the weekly analysis.

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Bitcoin price statistics manipulated by Tether in 2017

In practice, just as Bitcoin, all the Tether transaction chain or ledger is public and can be accessed through https://www.omniexplorer.info. In the following plot I show the Tether printing events (gray vertical bars) corresponding from March 2017 to July 2018, together with the cumulative printed Tether in red, the Bitcoin price evolution and the Bitfinex/Tether

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Could Bitcoin prices be influenced by Tether?

Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies. The flow clusters

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Researchers found Tether and Bitfinex manipulated Bitcoin prices

To do that, the person or people used a secondary virtual currency, known as Tether, which was created and sold by the owners of Bitfinex, to buy up those other cryptocurrencies. Bitfinex executives have denied in the past that the exchange was involved in any manipulation. The authors of the new 66-page paper do not

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‘Really Un-Tethered?’ Bitcoin Price Manipulation Returns With New Research

Days after Tether (USDT) gained a higher market cap than Monero and Dash, new research has reignited suspicions that the altcoin “manipulated” Bitcoin prices.   Cryptocurrency Highs Fuelled By Tether The product of two researchers at the University of Texas, the paper — titled Is Bitcoin Really Un-Tethered? — claims to have identified potential evidence of direct price manipulation since November 2017.

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This paper investigates whether Tether, a digital currency pegged to U.S. dollars, influences Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices during the recent boom. Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether

Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies. The flow clusters

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Research shows Bitcoin’s price increased due to tether manipulation

The U.S. dollar-pegged tether has been used to support bitcoin’s price during market downturns, a new study published by University of Texas at Austin professors. The published study states that the researchers used “algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in bitcoin prices.

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Research: Tether, Bitfinex ‘Manipulation’ Reason Behind 2017 Bitcoin Price Highs

Extant suspicions Tether “manipulated” Bitcoin prices have been joined by new research, The New York Times reports

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Half of Bitcoin’s Price Rise Was Due to Tether Says New Study

A new study claims that bitcoin’s price was manipulated through tether printing after finding that “less than 1% of hours with heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the.

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TRON (TRX): Here is Why June 26 May See The Price Recovering

The TRX digital asset may unpair from the pressure of Bitcoin as Tether (USDT) trading was introduced.

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