{"id":207003,"date":"2021-12-06T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=207003"},"modified":"2021-12-06T17:15:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:15:49","slug":"tether-mints-an-additional-3-billion-of-usdt-in-past-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-mints-an-additional-3-billion-of-usdt-in-past-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether mints an additional $3 billion of USDT in past 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tether\u2019s circulating supply has increased to $76 billion as the team minted an additional $3 billion worth of the asset during the last 2 weeks, and most notably $1 billion of those new coins were minted on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tron\/\">Tron<\/a> Network on December 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Tether mints new coin, faces scrutiny about its backing<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whale-alert.io\/transaction\/tron\/1a23f7a875deb2120f7efca0b426772737c3d2fc1f51b07ba9f9418d8027552f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">available data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tether\/\">USDT<\/a>\u2019s new circulating supply which is around $76 billion is now less nearly double that of its closed rival, USD Coin (USDC)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new mint came when USDT is generally facing heightened criticism from market experts who believe that the token has less cash to back its reserve, as there are reports that just a small fraction of the Stablecoin is fully backed by dollar reserves. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/529eb4e6-796a-4e81-8064-5967bbe3b4d9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Financial Times revealed that Tether only has 2.9% of its supply in Dollar reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Tether has stepped up its transparency efforts, it continues to face scrutiny from regulators and the community at large. In fact, with regulators becoming more interested in regulating the stablecoin market, interest over its cash reserves and other backings would only increase with time. Just recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fined Tether $41 million for its lack of transparency.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have doubts about the legitimacy of Tether, so today we announce the Hindenburg Tether Bounty Program, a reward of up to $1,000,000 for details on Tether\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n<p>(1\/x)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DP5dWDcYmJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/DP5dWDcYmJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hindenburg Research (@HindenburgRes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HindenburgRes\/status\/1450562260993298433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another platform, Hindenburg Research, has offered rewards of up to $1 million for any information regarding the details of Tether\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As still part of the concerns over its operations, the U.S Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown wrote the CEO of the stablecoin company, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/jean-louis-van-der-velde\/\">Jean-Louis van Veld<\/a> regarding concerns over the stablecoin and its operations. Tether, however, has vowed to remain cooperative with global lawmakers on issues about stablecoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other stablecoins have also vowed to take transparency and accountability steps. Earlier in the year, USDC-issuer Circle\u00a0said\u00a0it would take such measures in an announcement after it was subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether\u2019s circulating supply has increased to $76 billion as the team minted an additional $3 billion worth of the asset during the last 2 weeks, and most notably $1 billion of those new coins were minted on Tron Network on December 4. 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