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A famous short-seller is suspicious of Tether's backing. So it's offering a $1 million reward for anyone with knowledge of the stablecoin's reserves.
Despite Tether's repeated claims of transparency, disclosures around its holdings have been "opaque…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Tether slapped with $41 million fine for 'untrue or misleading statements' on fiat currency backing
The CFTC discovered Tether only held sufficient fiat reserves to back its USDT stablecoin for only …
Isabelle Lee
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Tether executives are facing a criminal probe over whether they committed bank fraud, report says
Federal prosecutors are looking into whether Tether concealed from banks that transactions were lin…
Emily Graffeo
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Binance pauses customer deposits of stablecoins Tether and USD Coin without explanation
Crypto markets have entered a new period of volatility amid the collapse of FTX, the world's second…
Brian Evans
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Binance adds to stablecoin mystery by resuming Tether deposits while keeping out USD Coin
Binance resumed deposits of Tether on Friday, a day after an unexplained pause, while USD Coin rema…
Brian Evans
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Chinese police arrest 63 people accused of laundering $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency via tether stablecoin
Police in China confiscated about $19 million worth of proceeds after investigating a money-launder…
Carla Mozée
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Crypto giant Tether faked key documents to set up bank accounts – and terrorists then used one of them to launder money, report says
Tether is a key player in crypto because it is the issuer of a dollar-pegged stablecoin with a $71 …
George Glover
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Binance boss says Sam Bankman-Fried's trading firm tried to undermine key token Tether — risking a crypto rout
Tether's price is meant to be fixed at $1 but it has slipped below that several times in 2022. Anal…
George Glover
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Stablecoins should comply with the same rules as traditional payment mechanisms, regulators say
Stablecoins should be held to the same principles that govern traditional markets, a report by glob…
Camomile Shumba
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'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort says 'massive' regulation of crypto would lead to mainstream adoption and let bitcoin and ethereum soar
Belfort doubled down on his long-time criticism of tether, crypto's biggest stablecoin, calling it …
Ethan Wu
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Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and central-bank digital currencies are all the rage. We break down what they are and what you need to know about them
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins have boomed in 2021, and the world's central banks are increasingl…
Anna Cooban,Harry Robertson
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Stablecoins should be regulated like banks and central bank digital currencies could tame these 'wildcat' crypto tokens, according to research from the Fed and Yale
A report by researchers at the Federal Reserve and Yale suggests "stablecoins" should be regulated …
Camomile Shumba
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Regulators are reportedly sounding the alarm over stablecoins, fearing they are poorly understood and could be used to launder money
Scrutiny of stablecoins has been building, even as the Fed is considering issuing its own central b…
Ethan Wu
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Luna and Terra's stablecoin UST are both crashing: Here's a guide to tether, USD Coin, terra and other reserve-backed cryptocurrencies
Terra's algorithmic stablecoin UST appears to have entered a death spiral. Here's a guide to the la…
Business Insider
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New York shuts down 2 crypto firms for unlawful activities and investigates 3 others
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has been ramping up a crackdown on virtual currencies.
Isabelle Lee
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Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today.
Larry Ray is the subject of the new Lifetime movie "Devil on Campus" and The Cut's 2019 investigati…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Scientists uncover enormous cosmic structure containing a whopping 20 galaxies!
The "Cosmic Vine" stands out as an exceptionally lengthy and vast structure, surpassing the size of…
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Binance's CEO tried to warn Sam Bankman-Fried: 'The more damage you do now, the more jail time.'
"Stop now, don't cause more damage," Zhao said in a group chat as he feared the FTX founder's moves…
Zahra Tayeb
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BlockFi vs. Coinbase: Which is better?
Coinbase and BlockFi are notable cryptocurrency exchanges. However, BlockFi isn't accepting new use…
Rickie Houston,Tessa Campbell
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Coinbase, Gemini and other big crypto names have rushed to ditch Silvergate after the bank warned of building troubles
Some of the biggest names in crypto have backed away from lender Silvergate Capital after the key d…