Category: Stablecoins
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Worldwide crypto acceptance is within reach thanks to Coinbase Commerce’s USDC stablecoin integration
Crypto as a method of payment has just gotten easier. Coinbase Commerce has expanded to include USD Coin as a settlement option, allowing merchants to accept crypto without transaction fees, chargebacks, or price volatility. Coinbase Commerce, an app launched last year to facilitate merchant payments, now accepts Coinbase’s native USD Coin (USDC). The stablecoin was…
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Bitfinex users unable to withdraw funds, $430 million drained from exchange cold wallets
An ongoing investigation into iFinex Inc. seems to have caused an exodus of traders out of Bitfinex. An increasing number of users report issues with withdrawing funds from the platform. Moreover, approximately $430 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum have exited the exchange’s cold wallets. Funds stuck on Bitfinex On Apr. 25, 2019, the attorney general…
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Exploring Bitfinex’s emergency plan: a $1 billion initial exchange offering
Zhao Dong, one of China’s biggest OTC traders, recently published a marketing document detailing iFinex Inc. plans to conduct an initial exchange offering (IEO), aiming to raise $1 billion. The move follows a probe led by the attorney general of the State of New York, which revealed the apparent loss of $850 million in funds…
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Maker’s Dai approaches $1 peg following aggressive interest rate hikes and Tether fallout
Interest rates for MakerDAO have exploded to 19.5 percent over the course of three months to combat its stablecoin Dai from trading below its $1 peg. However, the gap has narrowed over the last three weeks, partially from factors entirely outside of Maker. Maker is one of the first crypto projects that gained meaningful traction…
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Tether and Bitfinex confirm USDT is not fully backed by fiat, only 74% of tethers backed with cash
Legal representatives for Bitfinex and Tether confirm the widely held suspicion that USDT is not one-to-one backed by US dollars. Court documents confirm tethers are only 74 percent backed, and those holding tokens are “subject to the risk of default, insolvency, inability to collect, and illiquidity.” Coming Untethered In February of 2019, Tether updated the…
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Tether and Bitcoin prices diverge on exchanges following fraud investigation
Tether, the leading stablecoin, recently unpegged from the US Dollar after news that the New York State Attorney General is investigating iFinex Inc., which operates Bitfinex and owns Tether Ltd. USDT dropped as low as $0.975 against the US Dollar while the other top three stablecoins—USDC, TUSD, and PAX—enjoyed an approximately 6.5 percent premium. Tether…
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Bitfinex and Tether allegedly cover up $850 million in lost funds
Following a probe which revealed the apparent loss of $850 million in funds, the attorney general of the State of New York obtained a court order against iFinex Inc., which operates Bitfinex and owns Tether Ltd., ordering them to cease further dissipation of the US dollar assets which back the USDT stablecoin. A $850 Million Cover Up…
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Tether bombshell leads to 5% wipeout of bitcoin, can the market recover?
On Apr. 25, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged iFinex, the company behind Bitfinex and Tether, of misusing $900 million of Tether’s cash reserves to hide an $850 million loss. Immediately thereafter, the bitcoin price plunged by seven percent against the U.S. dollar. On Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, the…
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Malta-based exchanges account for majority of cryptocurrency trading volume
CryptoCompare’s March 2019 Exchange Review found that the previous month saw a 70 percent increase in volume from crypto-to-crypto exchanges. Crypto spot markets also saw a huge increase, leading many to believe that the dreaded crypto winter could finally be coming to an end. Key Developments In The Exchange Market The CryptoCompare review has long…