Tether
Tether Stops Support for Bitcoin Layer Omni Citing Lack of Demand
Omni was the first transport layer that Tether used in 2014.
Traders Ditch USDT on Curve, Uniswap, Pushing Key Exchange Pools Into Imbalance
Similar imbalances happened when Terra imploded in May 2022 and after the Silicon Valley Bank crisis hit USDC issuer Circle in March.
Tether Is Going on a Bitcoin Buying Spree, but It Should Be Holding Cash
The USDT issuer Tether says it holds a lot of U.S. Treasuries and made a lot of money last quarter.
Stablecoins: A Potential Counter to De-Dollarization
Demand for dollars in the global economy is increasingly flowing into permissionless stablecoins, even as domestic policies and foreign efforts like a BRICS-issued currency could erode the greenback's overall dominance.
Tether Reports $3.3B in Excess Reserves in Q2, Up $850M for the Quarter
The issuer of stablecoin USDT said its operational profits exceeded $1 billion in Q2 this year.
Paolo Ardoino: Tether's Stress Test
The role of the stablecoin is to always ensure customers get a one-to-one redemption to the dollar, says Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of Tether, the firm stablecoin USDT, and its affiliate cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. Scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin has been increasing in the past month due to the latest USDT depegging scare. In a Word on the Block interview with Forkast Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau, Ardoino breaks down the USDT reserves, how the firm’s investment in U.S. treasuries is generating profits and discusses why secondary market traders can trigger USDT depegging concerns.
Bitfinex Launches Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela
Users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin, ether, USDT, EURT and XAUT.
Tether Outlook as Crypto Winter Grinds On
CoinDesk's chief insights columnist David Z. Morris joins "The Hash" panel to discuss why stablecoin tether (USDT) could face serious pressure amid the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s apparent crackdown on the crypto industry, with recent lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance.
Reviewing the Tether Documents
CoinDesk filed a public records request for documents detailing Tether’s reserves. Here’s what we got.
Why Short Sellers May Have a Hard Time Betting Against Tether
Crypto’s most controversial financial instrument enjoys some notable insulation from skeptical bets.
