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Ethereum’s Value Transfer Is Now Dominated by Stablecoins
31.1.2020
The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain has become home to a number of stablecoins. On January 29, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins explained that the stablecoin value transfer issued on the ETH chain recently flipped the number of native ether transactions. Essentially, Ethereum’s value transfer is...
Bitfinex Users Can Now Trade Tether Gold Stablecoin Against Bitcoin
31.1.2020
Bitfinex rolls out Tether Gold trading against Bitcoin after launching support for the gold-backed stablecoin last week
Bitfinex Adds Margin Trading on Tether Gold With Pairs of Up to 5x Leverage
31.1.2020
Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to 5 times leverage
Stablecoins ‘Flip’ Ethereum’s Native Currency In Transfer Value
30.1.2020
A greater share of value is being transferred via stablecoins over the Ethereum network than its own native cryptocurrency
Antonopoulos Writes to Judge Vouching for Law Team Suing Bitfinex for BTC Manipulation
29.1.2020
Andreas Antonopoulos files an affidavit of support for lawyer suing Bitfinex for manipulating Bitcoin’s price in 2017 as three firms jockey to lead the case
E Pluribus Unum: Four Class-Action Suits Against Bitfinex Over 2017 BTC Price Now One
27.1.2020
Four class-action cases against Bitfinex for BTC market manipulation in 2017 are now one, according to overseeing judge
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
26.1.2020
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares and Blockchain.com launched a digital gold token (DGLD) backed by physical gold that uses BTC’s security. Tether just announced a new token called tether...
Tether Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin and Begins Trading on Bitfinex
24.1.2020
Tether launches a gold-backed stablecoin while trading on Bitfinex has already started
Paypal Pullout Prompts Pornhub to Add Tether as Payment Option for Its Adult Models
24.1.2020
The porn industry is seen by many as a perfect fit for widespread cryptocurrency usage as it suffers from financial censorship far more than most businesses. When Paypal stopped servicing Pornhub models, the company hinted it might turn to digital currency as an alternative and now this has been...
Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault
23.1.2020
Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold
Pornhub Adds Tether Stablecoin as New Crypto Payment Option
23.1.2020
Pornhub adds Tron-based USDT as an alternative payment option to PayPal, which abruptly stopped servicing its models in late 2019
Goodbye, PayPal! Justin Sun and Tether are New Best Friends of Pornhub
23.1.2020
Justin Sun. Major adult entertainment website Pornhub has added Tether (USDT) to its payment options, while Tron's Justin Sun can also score another adoption victory.
The addition of the popular stablecoin has been announced just recently, explaining what stablecoins and Tether are to the users...
Pornhub Now Lets Models Get Paid With the Tether Stablecoin
23.1.2020
Pornhub has added new performer payment options including the tether (USDT) stablecoin, two months after being apparently dropped by PayPal
More BS on Lightning: Blockstream Pours Liquid on Thick
23.1.2020
Blockstream reps have long been pushing for full implementation of the perpetually-delayed Lightning Network as the main solution for BTC scalability. With the recent announcement of “federated sidechain” Liquid’s integration with Btcpay, however, the tune seems to have changed....
Huobi Debuts Crypto Brokerage as Its Institutional Arm Grows 400% Since Q3 2019
21.1.2020
Huobi launches a new institutional traders-targeting crypto brokerage as its institutional business surged 400% since Q3 2019
Tether Claims to Be Okay With Merger of Class-Action Lawsuits Against It
17.1.2020
Stablecoin Tether is reportedly okay with a merger of the three class-action lawsuits it currently faces
Plaintiffs Combine Their Market-Manipulation Lawsuits Against Bitfinex and Tether
17.1.2020
Three class action lawsuits alleging Bitfinex and Tether manipulated the bitcoin market have been combined in federal court, with the stablecoin issuer promising to fight the claims
New Stablecoins Commence a Fresh Assault on Tether
17.1.2020
Can any stablecoin topple tether? In 2019, the answer to that question was an emphatic ‘No.’ Despite a string of stablecoins being released onto the market, tether (USDT) increased its grip on the cryptoconomy’s fiat supply, racking up $127B of on-chain volume on Ethereum alone....
The Race to Lead 3 Class-Action Suits Against IFinex Over 2017 BTC Bull Run Is On
14.1.2020
One of several active suits against iFinex has filed a request to spearhead the efforts for the entire class over alleged manipulation of the BTC market using Tether
Booking.com-Partnered Travala Now Accepts Tether’s Controversial USDT
14.1.2020
Crypto-friendly Booking.com partner Travala now accepts Tether as payment for travel reservations