Tether


Opinion

The Tether Killer? A True Stablecoin Would Enhance Banking and Crypto

A U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin backed only by cash in a bank could help expand the money supply without causing inflation and improve the banking sector, attorney Daniel Wheeler argues.

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Policy

S&P Faults Biggest Stablecoin, Tether's USDT, as It Debuts New Industry Ranking

USDT was assigned a low score of four, meaning the largest stablecoin is constrained in its ability to maintain its peg to fiat, the rating agency says.

Ratings company S&P Global has started ranking stablecoins' ability to hold their pegs. (eswaran arulkumar/Unsplash)

Markets

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick Is a Bitcoin Maxi and Tether Fan

He said Cantor Fitzgerald is a custodian of the U.S. Treasuries that Tether holds to back its USDT stablecoin.

Cantor Fitzgerald's Howard Lutnick (World Economic Forum)

Videos

Bitcoin Starts Trading Week in the Red; Tether Freezes 41 Crypto Wallets Tied to Sanctions

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest stories shaping the crypto industry today, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) leading in liquidation heatmap with over $335 million in rekt positions in the last 12 hours. Stablecoin issuer Tether froze 41 wallets controlled by people on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. And, Pudgy Penguins are marching into a new industry.

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Videos

El Salvador Targets Bitcoin Millionaires in New Push to Attract Long-Term Residents

El Salvador kickstarted its "Freedom VISA" program last week, with plans to distribute residency to a maximum of 1,000 people per year who invest at least $1 million worth of bitcoin or tether (USDT) stablecoins. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Finance

Tether Freezes 41 Crypto Wallets Tied to Sanctions

Several of the frozen wallets had been using Tornado Cash over the past six months.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Fresh Money Flows to Crypto as Stablecoin Market Expands After 18-Month Downtrend

Tether's USDT added $7 billion to its market cap since September, a sign of capital entering the crypto market, Matrixport noted.

Stablecoin market cap (Coin Metrics)

Consensus Magazine

Paolo Ardoino: The Hardest Working Man in Crypto

The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Campaigning for Amplified Powers to Chase Crypto Overseas

A top official has asked members of Congress for new laws to extend the Treasury's crypto reach beyond its existing enforcement and sanctions abilities.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo has campaigned Congress to provide new authorities to oversee crypto outside the U.S.  (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)