What many thought would never happen did on Thursday. Just days after Tether Limited, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, minted $300 million worth of its crypto asset, reports revealed that its operator, iFinex, may be on thin ice. It was claimed that prominent Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Bitfinex was unable to keep up with customer…
While the crypto wealthy have been known to be generous (just look at the Pineapple Fund), their charitable habits have diminished over the course of the ongoing bear market, which has pushed Bitcoin from $20,000 to $4,000. But, Justin Sun, the chief executive of the Tron blockchain project, doesn’t seem to be abiding with this…
The last couple of days have been quite fruitful for crypto markets. With a dump last week and a whole seven days of consolidation many expected further losses. This didn’t happen and markets rallied again, led by one or two solid performing altcoins. Binance Coin has been among them as it breaks $2 billion market…
Stablecoin Tether (Ticker: USDT) has replaced EOS to become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, showing weakness in crypto markets. The inclination follows the cryptocurrency market’s depressive performance this Monday. Over the last 24 hours, the price of all the top coins, including Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, and others, trended in a negative region. Similarly,…
The late Pablo Escobar is infamous for a number of reasons but crypto has not been among them, until now. An ICO for a dollar pegged stablecoin has been launched by the brother of the drug lord and Colombian cult hero in an effort to impeach US president Donald Trump. Anti-Trump ESCOBAR ICO Gathers Momentum…
Crypto markets are sliding again; Bitcoin SV, EOS, Monero and Tezos getting hit. Crypto markets are turning south again as minor gains get wiped out. Total market capitalization dropped below $110 billion during the morning’s Asian trading session as red dominates the charts at the moment. Dropping a further 2.5% on the day Bitcoin is…
Crypto markets have plunged as much as 80 percent since their all-time high. Some currencies, however, were designed to protect investors from such catastrophic events. The recent market crash was an assessment of these “stablecoins” – whether they were able to keep the investments steady, or if they failed outright. The latest activities taking place…
Once up a time there was crypto and fiat. If you wanted to trade in altcoins you had to first buy Bitcoin. Tether changed all that when it came onto the scene on Bitfinex in 2015, today there are a slew of stablecoins all competing for supremacy. USDC Listed on Binance The controversy surrounding Tether…
In recent weeks two new cryptocurrencies have been listed on Coinbase, 0x and BAT. Both resulted in predictable pump and dumps immediately before and a few hours after the announcements. This is no surprise, but the fact that one of these two new listings is only available to trade in USDC could raise a few…
Tether Limited, the issuer of stablecoin Tether (USDT) wholly-owned by Bitfinex, has opened a bank account with Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. The move follows a long process of due diligence review of the company, including the ability to maintain the USD peg at any moment in time, the announcement says. Deltec Accepts Tether as Client After Long Due…