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US Judge Demands Tether Comes Up with Records to Show it Has Claimed Cash Reserves
22.9.2022
As part of the legal proceedings related to a market manipulation case that dates back to 2019, Katherine Polk Failla, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, has ordered Tether’s parent company to provide financial records for its USDT stablecoin....
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As Biden Drains the SPR Down to 1984 Levels, Chinese State Media Claims US Dollar ‘Is Once Again the World’s Problem’
21.9.2022
Two days ago, U.S. president Joe Biden was criticized for claiming inflation in America hasn’t increased during the past few months. “I’m telling the American people that we’re going to get control of inflation,” Biden stressed during his “60...
Report: Financial Services Giant Old Mutual Appointed Manager of South African Stablecoin Project’s Cash Reserves
15.9.2022
One of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, Old Mutual, has reportedly been appointed manager of the ZARP stablecoin project’s cash reserves. Founders of the stablecoin are hopeful that the appointment of one of the country’s oldest financial services companies...
Stablecoin Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal's Claim of Inadequate Reserves
30.8.2022
Stablecoin issuer Tether has hit back at a Wall Street Journal article that claimed its balance sheet comprised of "unsafe assets."
Federal Reserve’s FedNow Set for Mid-2023 Debut
29.8.2022
The instant payments service is currently being piloted by 120 firms, including banks and payment processors
0.3% fall in assets "could render Tether technically insolvent" — WSJ
29.8.2022
Wall Street Journal's Jean Eaglesham and Vicky Ge Huang suggested that such a “thin cushion of equity” could cause mayhem in the market if Tether’s liabilities were to outweigh its assets
Federal Reserve’s Powell: Inflation Battle Not Yet Close to Finished
26.8.2022
Tether Hires BDO Italia for Monthly Assurance Reports, USDT’s Quarterly Attestation Shows a 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper
20.8.2022
This week, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed an update to its assurance and attestation process and detailed that the company has been working with accounting firm BDO Italia. The accounting firm will conduct monthly tether assurance reports based on the stablecoin...
Traders Withdraw $3.6 Billion in Ethereum From Crypto Exchanges in 17 Days
23.7.2022
The pencilled-in preliminary date for The Merge, revealed by the Ethereum developer Superphiz, is less than two months away and the announcement seemingly caused a number of developments to happen. First off, the network’s native token ether saw a significant spike in value and secondly...
Bitcoin Treasuries Records Show $2.1 Billion in BTC Was Erased From Balance Sheets
18.7.2022
During the 12 months, public companies, private companies, exchange-traded funds, and even countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheets. As of July 17, 2022, the aforementioned types of entities hold approximately 1,325,396 bitcoins worth $27.84 billion today. However, the number of coins...
Circle discloses full breakdown of $55.7B USDC reserves
14.7.2022
As of June 30, about 75.6% of Circle’s reserves were held in U.S. Treasuries and 24.4% were held in cash at regulated financial institutions
Here's the 'Final Guidance' on 'Stablecoin Arrangements' by BIS and IOSCO
13.7.2022
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) wants to create a set of standards for the stablecoin industry that will cover payments, clearings, and settlements.
In a report released today and shared with Cryptonews.com, the BIS’ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and...
Tether fortifies its reserves: Will it silence critics, mollify investors?
11.7.2022
USDT is under attack from short sellers. Would they go away if only the company hired a Big Four accounting firm to audit its balance sheet?
Despite the Price Drop, Number of Bitcoin Held on Exchanges Continues to Slide
10.7.2022
Roughly 49 days ago, the number of bitcoin held on exchange was around 2.503 million, according to statistics recorded by cryptoquant.com. Since then, $4.76 billion worth of bitcoin has been removed from centralized crypto exchanges, as there’s 2.275 million held on trading platforms today....
Surveyed Central Bank Reserves Managers Say Inflation is Not ‘Transitory’, Likely to Remain High
7.7.2022
Only 20% of surveyed central bank reserves managers still say that inflation will be “transitory,” as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks insisted was the case until recently. Meanwhile, close to half of the managers say inflation is likely to remain elevated, per the latest...
The First Exchange to Conduct a Proof-of-Reserves Audit in Crypto Industry, Gate.io Starts its Second Third-party Audit
6.7.2022
Gate.io has announced that it will commence another proof-of-reserves audit to provide user verifiable reserves data through a Merkle tree implementation audited by a leading third-party firm. In 2020, as the first cryptocurrency exchange in the world to commit to providing 100% collateral, Gate.io...
Tron’s USDD Regains Stability After Tapping an All-Time Low at $0.92
5.7.2022
Between June 13 and June 27, or roughly two weeks, Tron’s stablecoin USDD dropped lower than the $1 parity and slipped to a low of $0.928 per unit on June 19. During the past seven days, USDD has managed to jump back to the $0.98 to $0.99 region while reaching $1 on July 3. Tron’s...
Circle Partners With New York Community Bancorp — Bank to Custody USDC Reserves
29.6.2022
Circle Internet Financial has revealed a usd coin custody partnership with the American bank holding company New York Community Bancorp (NYCB). Under the agreement, NYCB’s subsidiary, New York Community Bank, will become a custodian for the company’s stablecoin reserves. Circle...
More 'forced selling' ahead'? Purpose Bitcoin ETF holdings plunge by 51% in biggest outflow ever
20.6.2022
The shocking Bitcoin withdrawals appeared as BTC's extended its decline below $20,000 over the weekend
Tron’s Stablecoin USDD Falls to $0.97, USDC Deployed to Defend the $1 Parity
13.6.2022
After the Terra UST fallout and the current crypto market volatility, many eyes have been focused on the Tron-based algorithmic stablecoin USDD. On June 13, the crypto asset tron (TRX) dropped significantly in value and Tron’s founder Justin Sun spoke about traders shorting the digital...