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USDT issuer Tether has up to $1.7B in excess reserves, CTO says
24.3.2023
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino believes that USDT is becoming the “safest asset to hold in the world” amid the banking crisis
Banking turmoil pushes crypto to ‘no oversight’, says Circle CEO
23.3.2023
Crypto firms who have had the strongest position with U.S. regulation are now considered “unsafe,” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated
Telegram Messenger App Launches USDT Transfer Feature Within Chats, Expanding Crypto Services – Crypto Adoption on the Rise?
23.3.2023
Telegram users can now transfer the world's most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), through chats.
The news was tweeted by the TON blockchain, with the team writing: "Imagine being able to buy and sell crypto via a messaging app. Now imagine it's already here," adding the link to...
Today in Crypto: Chainlink Labs Partners with PwC Germany, Bitget Acquires BitKeep, Bitzlato Allows Users to Withdraw up to 50% of Assets, BANXA Joins Hands with BitMart
22.3.2023
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Tether CTO on USDC depeg: ‘Bitcoin maxis were right all along’ | PBW 2023
22.3.2023
Paolo Ardoino said that recent events in the crypto space demonstrate that Bitcoiners were right and that Bitcoin is the “ultimate way” to hold wealth
Tether Stability Made It the Safest Stablecoin Bet Amid U.S. Banking Crisis, Analysts Say
22.3.2023
Tether sold at a slight premium earlier this month even as most stablecoins were dented
Exclusive Interview: Tether Co-Founder Says Crypto Industry Will Bounce Back Despite Past Failures - Here’s Why
17.3.2023
In an exclusive interview with Cryptonews, William Quigley, the co-founder and CEO of decentralized blockchain WAX and co-founder of USDT issuer Tether, shared his insights on the crypto and blockchain industry's future amid recent challenges.
Quigley, who has over 30 years of experience...
Tether Market Cap Rises by 10% Following Stablecoin Meltdown – Can it Maintain the Lead?
15.3.2023
The market capitalization of the popular stablecoin tether (USDT) has risen as other stablecoins, including Circle’s USD coin (USDC) and MakerDAO’s DAI briefly lost their pegs over the weekend.
As a result of the increase in marketshare for tether, Binance USD (BUSD), a stablecoin issued...
Russians Use Tether to Send Money to the West, Evading Sanctions and KYC – Transparency International
15.3.2023
Russian banks may currently be cut off from the SWIFT international payments network. But, despite wide-ranging international sanctions against the Kremlin, money keeps flowing between Russia and the West, and a range of brokers are ready to turn Russian rubles into foreign currency abroad, in cash
SVB crisis: Here are the crypto firms denied exposure to troubled US banks
14.3.2023
Some of the biggest firms in crypto have denied exposure to any of the failed banks in the United States
Stablecoin Trading Dominates Monday’s Crypto Market, Tether and BUSD Sell at Premiums
13.3.2023
On Monday, the crypto economy experienced significant market activity with $183.85 billion in global trade volume over 24 hours, with a large portion of those trades involving stablecoins. USDC traded near parity with the U.S. dollar, and several stablecoins, including tether and BUSD, sold...
Coinbase, Celsius and Paxos disclose funds in Signature Bank
13.3.2023
The crypto-friendly Signature Bank was a key partner for many crypto firms, some which have been voluntarily disclosing their exposure to the recently closed firm
Circle’s USDC instability causes domino effect on DAI, USDD stablecoins
11.3.2023
Following USDC’s depegging, three stablecoins — DAI, USDD and FRAX — also depegged from the dollar
USDC investor shells out $2M to receive $0.05 USDT trying to evade crash
11.3.2023
While the crypto market responded with a massive sell-off, not all USDC investors were lucky enough to walk away with their funds amid the uncertainty
Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto
11.3.2023
Circle's USDC stablecoin was hit by the shutdown of Silicon Valley Bank, one of its key banking partners
USDC Stablecoin Depegs From $1; Circle Says Operations Are Normal
11.3.2023
USDC dropped to $0.973, its lowest level since the collapse of FTX
Stablecoins and Ether are ‘going to be commodities,’ reaffirms CFTC chair
9.3.2023
In the tug-of-war between the US regulators over control of crypto assets, the CFTC chair has triple-downed his stance — that Ether and stablecoins are commodities
Key Bitcoin price metrics point to BTC downside below $22.5K
7.3.2023
BTC’s $1,420 decline in the span of 1-hour negatively impacted demand for stablecoins in Asia and it shifted futures traders into a more defensive attitude
Silvergate’s Struggles Will Likely Boost Stablecoins’ Role in Crypto Trading: Kaiko
7.3.2023
Ailing crypto-friendly bank Silvergate closed its instant settlement SEN platform last week, which has been a key on-ramp for institutional crypto investors to transfer U.S. dollars to exchanges
Tether's USDT Stablecoin Market Share Rises to Highest Level in 15 Months
6.3.2023
USDT’s market share among stablecoins surpassed 54% on Monday, the highest level since November 2021